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2017 Environmental Merit Awards Gallery

EMA 2017: Opening Ceremony - Colorguard
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EMA 2017: Opening Ceremony - Colorguard
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EMA 2017: Opening Ceremony - Colorguard
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EMA 2017: Ira Leighton 'In Service to States' Annual Award - Thomas Burack, New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
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EMA 2017: Lifetime Achievement Award - Mayor Scott Avedisian, Warwick, Rhode Island
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EMA 2017: Lifetime Achievement Award - Paul Anastas, Yale University
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EMA 2017: Lifetime Achievement Award - John D. Aber, University of New Hampshire, Durham
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EMA 2017: Lifetime Achievement Award - John Bolduc, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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EMA 2017: Lifetime Achievement Award - H. Curtis Spalding, Cranston, Rhode Island
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EMA 2017: Lifetime Achievement Award - Doug McVay, Rhode Island Dept. of Environmental Management
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EMA 2017: Individual Award - Jon Schaefer, Berkshire East Mountain Resort, Charlemont, Massachusetts
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EMA 2017: Individual Award - Anthony Ferri, Rust-Oleum Corporation, Attleboro, Massachusetts
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EMA 2017: Government Award - NHDES, Drinking Water and Groundwater Bureau, Cindy Klevens, Kelsey Vaughn, Christine Bowman, Pierce Rigrod, Paul Susca
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EMA 2017: Government Award - Soak Up the Rain NH, Barbara McMillan, Lisa Loosigian, Rob Livingston, Jillian McCarthy, Steve Landry, Eric Williams
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 EMA 2017: Government Award - Shelton, Connecticut, Mayor Mark A. Lauretti and James E. Ryan
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EMA 2017: Government Award - Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, Ronald Curran and Patrick Bowe
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EMA 2017: Government Award - Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, Ronald Curran and Patrick Bowe
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EMA 2017: Government Award - Maine Department of Environmental Protection, Thomas F. Downs
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EMA 2017: Government Award - Chicopee, Massachusetts, Chicopee Public Schools - Food Service
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EMA 2017: Business Award - Hypertherm, Inc., Hanover, New Hampshire
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EMA 2017: Business Award - Ken's Foods, Marlborough, Massachusetts
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EMA 2017: Business Award - Ocean Spray Cranberries, Middleborough, Massachusetts
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EMA 2017: Business Award - The TJX Companies, Inc., Marlborough, Massachusetts
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EMA 2017: Business Award - Energize CT House of Worship Team, Bridgeport, Connecticut, Sheri Borelli, Pat McDonnell, Amy Thompson, Samantha Sojka
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EMA 2017: Business Award - Hickory Hills Landowners Inc., Lunenberg, Massachusetts
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EMA 2017: Business Award - Raytheon, Tewksbury, Massachusetts - David R. Chamberlain
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EMA 2017: Business Award - GrandyOats, Hiram, Maine - Nat Peirce and Aaron Anker
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EMA 2017: Environmental, Community, Academia and Nonprofit Award - National Wildlife Federation, Montpelier, Vermont
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EMA 2017: Environmental, Community, Academia and Nonprofit Award - Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
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EMA 2017: Environmental, Community, Academia and Nonprofit Award - Outfall Monitoring Science Advisory Panel, Massachusetts - Andrew Solow, Judith Pederson, Scott Nixon (posthumous), Robert Kenney, Michael Shiaris, Juanita Urban-Rich, Jim Shine, Robert Be
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EMA 2017: Environmental, Community, Academia and Nonprofit Award - Youth Environmental & Social Society Club (Y.E.S.S.), Massachusetts
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EMA 2017: Environmental, Community, Academia and Nonprofit Award - Centro de Apoyo Familiar, Lawrence, Massachusetts - Damaris Batista and Walkiria Pool
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EMA 2017: Environmental, Community, Academia and Nonprofit Award - Weather Ready Mattapoisett, Mattapoisett, Massachusetts
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EMA 2017: Children's Environmental Health Award - Roberta Hazen Aaronson, Childhood Lead Action Project
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