2014 -- H 8109

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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2014

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

COMMENDING THE FOLLOWING RECIPIENTS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL

OF RHODE ISLAND EDUCATION FUND'S JOHN H. CHAFEE CONSERVATION

LEADERSHIP AWARD, GIVEN BETWEEN 2000 AND 2013

     Introduced By: Representatives Handy, Walsh, Lombardi, Ruggiero, and Tanzi

     Date Introduced: April 30, 2014

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, Rhode Island's environment is critical to the state's natural beauty, wildlife,

public health, and economic activity; and

     WHEREAS, Leaders in the nonprofit, municipal government, and business communities

have played a key role in protecting Rhode Island's environment and preserving this natural

heritage for future generations; and

     WHEREAS, The Environment Council of Rhode Island Education Fund educated Rhode

Island's citizens about environmental health and natural resource protection and restoration; and

     WHEREAS, The Environmental Council of Rhode Island Education Fund's annual John

H. Chafee Conservation Leadership Award honors the memory of the late Senator Chafee and his

dedication to protecting and preserving the natural environment; and

     WHEREAS, The John H. Chafee Conservation Leadership Awards celebrate their

fifteenth year in 2014; and

     WHEREAS, The John H. Chafee Conservation Leadership Award recognizes Rhode

Island organizations, municipal governments, and businesses for their efforts toward improving

the health of the Rhode Island environment; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and

Providence Plantations hereby commends the following recipients of the Environment Council of

Rhode Island Education Fund's John H. Chafee Conservation Leadership Award between 2000

and 2013: the South Kingstown Land Trust, for open space preservation; CleanScape, Inc., for

commercial recycling and landscape maintenance; the Town of Coventry, for land conservation,

wetland protection, and educational outreach; the City of Warwick, for its energy education and

management program; the Norman Bird Sanctuary, for its Third Beach land acquisition project;

the URI Center for Pollution Prevention; Bill's Auto Parts, for auto parts recycling; the Little

Compton Agricultural Conservancy Trust; JTJ Investments, LLC, for its energy-efficient office

building; the Franklin Farm Preservation Association, for its community garden; Kids First, for

the "Rhode Island Farm Produce to School Lunch Program" in Pawtucket; Toray Industries, for

its corporate sustainability program; and the Aquidneck Land Trust, for the Sakonnet Greenway

Trail Expansion; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to the above named honorees, as well as Jamie

Rhodes, President of the Environment Council of Rhode Island, and Meg Kerr, President of the

Environment Council of Rhode Island Education Fund.

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