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DEP, DCNR, PennDOT Employees Recognized With Governor’s Award For Excellence For Environmental Projects

PA Environment Daily

The plan includes resources and suggestions for the General Assembly, state agencies, local governments, and the public. Vince has exemplified the mantra of ‘government that works’ by taking the initiative to do what needed to be done for the people of Pennsylvania.” The Governor’s Award for Excellence was created in 2002 by Gov.

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These Attorneys General Are Defending the Fossil Fuel Industry, Not Their States

Union of Concerned Scientists

By railing against what he calls a “radical climate change movement” and suing the federal government to protect corporate polluters. In 2015, when he took office as AG after stints in the Texas Legislature, he sued the Environmental Protection Agency for strengthening a standard for ground-level ozone, better known as smog.