PA Honors 22 Projects Statewide with 2024 Governor’s Awards for Environmental Excellence

Natasha Fackler, Infrastructure Implementation Coordinator, PA Department of Transportation and KPB Board Member, Kylie McCutcheon, Young Ambassador Coordinator, KPB, Brady MacNamara, 2023 Young Ambassador Program graduate, Shannon Reiter, President, KPB, Andrew Tubbs, VP of External and Customer Affairs, Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania and Maryland and KPB Board Member attended the awards recognition dinner.

(PennWATCH) The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is honoring 22 projects completed by schools, businesses, and community organizations around the state with 2024 Governor’s Awards for Environmental Excellence.

“This year’s Environmental Excellence honorees showcase the innovative ways we can protect our environment and shape a more sustainable future here in Pennsylvania,” DEP Interim Acting Secretary Jessica Shirley. “Together we will spur the next generation of environmental stewards and these projects represent our ability to work together and preserve Pennsylvania’s natural resources.”

Applications were evaluated for their degree of environmental protection, innovation, partnership, economic impact, consideration of climate change, sustainability, and environmental justice, as well as outcomes achieved.

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