For Immediate Release: November 28, 2001
EPA HONORS 31 WESTERN ENVIRONMENTAL HEROES
To read the entire press release go to:
http://www.epa.gov/region09/
SAN FRANCISCO During the agency's third annual Environmental Awards
Ceremony in San Francisco today, U.S. EPA Regional Administrator Wayne
Nastri presented plaques to 31 western organizations and individuals in
recognition of their efforts to protect and preserve the environment in
the year 2000.
"Today's honorees have applied creativity, teamwork and leadership in
addressing many of the west's most pressing and complex environmental
problems," Nastri said. "Thanks to the efforts of these individuals, our
air, water and land will be cleaner and safer for generations to come.
The winners set an example for all of us to follow."
The EPA Region 9 Environmental Awards program acknowledges commitment
and significant contributions to the environment in California, Arizona,
Nevada, Hawaii, Guam and tribal lands. Thirty one groups and individuals
were selected from 100 nominees received this year from businesses,
media, local, state and federal government officials, tribes,
environmental organizations and citizen activists.
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Lenny Siegel, Director of Center for Public Environmental Oversight (San
Francisco) Siegel is the director of Center for Public Environmental
Oversight, which operates within San Francisco State University. For
over a decade he has been an effective advisor to and advocate for
communities across the country who are struggling with the legacy of
contamination from military sites. The public, the military and
regulatory agencies have recognized Siegel as an effective advocate for
the protection of human health and the environment, and one who also
understands the difficult issues posed by the cleanup and reuse of
military bases. In addition to speaking engagements and public meeting
participation, Siegel offers guidance on base closure and cleanup issues
to the public through a widely distributed on-line listserver. The
center also hosts conferences on technical clean-up issues, produces
publications and manages a web-based environmental cleanup technology
database.
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http://www.epa.gov/region09/
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