Hundreds of businesses, nonprofit groups, local governments and individuals were honored this year for their environmental leadership.  Here are just some of those winners the PA Environment Digest covered in 2010--

Feature- PA Environmental Council Turns 40

DCNR Names Lackawaxen 2010 River Of The Year

North Penn School District Recognized By EPA For Indoor Clean Air  

Letterkenny Receives Army Environmental Award For Sustainability Project  

Hempfield Home School Co-Op Wins Regional Future City Competition

Carnegie Science Center Announces 2010 Carnegie Science Award Winners

PA Parks & Forests Foundation Honors 2010 Award Winners May 4

Eastern Sports And Outdoor Show Presents Conservation Awards To Individuals, Programs

Feature- Watershed Volunteers Create A Legacy Of Cleaner, Healthier Rivers And Streams

EPA Recognizes Leaders In Energy Efficiency Including 8 In PA

Scott Weidensaul To Receive First John James Audubon Center Award April 24 

Lancaster Farmland Trust Executive Director Named One Of 25 Women of Influence

PAEE Announces Environmental Education Award Winners

State College Regional Technology Program Recognized For E-Recycling Program In 2009

Mifflin County PA CleanWays Honored By Planning Commission

Cong. Holden Receives Zimmermann Award From Susquehanna River Basin Commission

Montgomery County Park Wins Inaugural DCNR/PRPS Green Park Award

PPL Energy Achievement Program Helps Schools Obtain Energy Star Rating 

Wexford Giant Eagle, GetGo Receive Green Building Certification

Winners Of Governor's Environmental Awards To Be Featured At April 20 Dinner 

PA Universities Take Top 3 Spots In EPA Green Power Competition

Winners Of 2010 PA CleanWays Litter Hawk Youth Awards Announced

Wildlands Conservancy Receives Excellence In Programming Award 

PA Farmers Recognized For Improving Streams Destined For The Chesapeake Bay 

Presque Isle Habitat Documentary Receives Award

Duquesne University Selected As One of Nation’s Top Green Colleges 

Academy of Natural Sciences Honors Naturalist Scott Weidensaul 

Philadelphia Nursing Student Wins National Award On Greening Hospitals 

EPA Announces Winners Of Student Earth Day Poster Contest 

Kim Pizingrilli Honored With James McGirr Kelly Award

DCNR Receives Four PA Parks & Recreation Society Awards 

Maurice K. Goddard Recognized With Historical Marker 

10.6 Million Pounds Collected In EPA Mid-Atlantic RecycleMania College Competition 

DCNR Recognizes Schools Earning Honorable Mention In Earth Day 40 Challenge 

PA American Water Awards Stream Of Learning Scholarships To Ten High School Seniors

Illick’s Mill Project Wins Presidential Environmental Education Award 

DCNR Salutes Employees’ Award-Winning Efforts 

PA Environmental Professionals Announce 2010 Member Awards 

10,000 Friends Of PA Honors Smart Growth Projects 

Children's Museum Of Pittsburgh Hosts U.N. Young Environmental Artists Competition

Butler County Middle School Becomes Park for a Day For Winning Earth Day 40 Challenge 

Author Jean Stull Honored With John C. Oliver Environmental Stewardship Award June 23 

ClearWater Conservancy Honored By Leadership Centre County 

Conewago Creek Designated USDA Showcase For Voluntary Conservation Practices  

More Than 125 Attend West Branch Susquehanna Symposium, Awards Presented

DEP's Scott Roberts Earns Mayfly Award, 250+ Attend Joint Mining Reclamation Conference

State Parks' Estelle Ruppert Receives National Award For Teaching 

HeritagePA Receives Highest Honor From Keystone Society For Tourism 

PEC Presents Lifetime Achievement Awards To Jane G. Pepper, J. Blaine Bonham Jr.  

Scranton State Office Building Earns Prestigious Energy Efficiency Award

15th Anniversary Of The Department of Conservation And Natural Resources 

DCNR's Terry Brady Honored By National Outdoor Writers 

Pottstown Borough Water Plant Rejoins Partnership For Safe Water 

Conservation Commission, Districts Recognize Excellence In Protecting PA's Resources 

EPA Announces Nation’s Top 50 Green Power Organizations

Joy Best Wins Sue Wiseman Scholarship From PA CleanWays-Keep PA Beautiful 

Dickinson College Named Second Greenest, Coolest School In U.S, 6 Others In PA Named 

Penncrest High School Places 14th In National Envirothon, But Gets 5th Place Awards 

Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy Honors Environmental Leaders At October 21 Dinner 

Northeast Environmental Partners Name 2010 Award Recipients

PEC Recognizes 40 Under 40 Environmentalists In Pennsylvania 

CBF's Matthew Ehrhart Named Outstanding Alumnus By Penn State College Of Ag Sciences 

PA Green Power Award Winners Honored At Philadelphia Luncheon 

EPA Names Swarthmore Church Energy Star Award Winner

Weis Markets Wins 3 EPA Environmental Achievement Awards

Students in 26 PA K-12 Schools Earned Energy Star Recognition 

Warwick Township Honored As CBF 2010 Conservationist Of The Year 

PEC Announces Winners Of 40th Anniversary Photo Contest 

Fish & Boat Commission Presents Awards During Community Meeting 

Senate Lauds PA Companies Aiding In Chilean Mine Rescue

Western PA Conservancy Gardens, Others Win 2010 Community Greening Awards 

Northeast Environmental Partners Recognize 2010 Award Recipients 

5 Pennsylvania Colleges Rank High In College Sustainability Report Card 

DCNR Conservation Landscape Initiatives Recognized By Harvard University

Westmoreland County Conservation Awards 

Elm Street Program Recognized By Harvard University 

Dickinson Earns Climate Leadership Award For Institutional Excellence 

PA Resources Council Announces Winners Of 2010 Environmental Awards 

Cherry Valley Partnership Receives National Conservation Award

Young Scholars Of Central PA Charter School Win Statewide Recycling Competition 

Keep PA Beautiful Announces Presidents Award, Legacy Award Winners 

Pittsburgh, Norristown Named Pathways to Green Schools Pilot Districts 

Pittsburgh's Phipps Conservancy Director Honored By U.S. Green Building Council 

East Resources Receives IOGCC Award For Support Of SRBC Water Monitoring Network 

EPA Recognizes SEPTA For Its Energy Efficient Headquarters

PA Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Groups Honored By U.S.D.A. 

Wildlands Conservancy Tops PALTA’s Land Conservation Accomplishment List

Carlisle Drinking Water Treatment Plant Wins Top Honors

Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Honored By Keep America Beautiful

Keep America Beautiful Presents PennDOT With Partner Award

National Trout Unlimited Conservation Awards To Deb Nardone, Valley Forge Chapter

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