ITTSBURGH & PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Citizens for Pennsylvania???s Future (PennFuture) today urged
Pennsylvanians to nominate a Green Power Hero to be honored at the
organization???s Green Power Awards luncheons, set for the Hilton Inn at
Penn in Philadelphia on Thursday, September 16, 2010 at noon, and at the
Fairmont Hotel in Pittsburgh on Tuesday, October 5, 2010 at noon.
“We hope Pennsylvanians will look to their neighbors, friends and
coworkers for Green Power Heroes who can win our People???s Choice Award”
???Our annual Green Power Awards luncheons are our way to pay tribute to
the visionary individuals, institutions, organizations, and companies
that are building the new energy economy and creating great green jobs,???
said Jan Jarrett, PennFuture???s president and CEO. ???But we need the
public???s help to find the unsung heroes.
???We hope Pennsylvanians will look to their neighbors, friends and
coworkers for Green Power Heroes who can win our People???s Choice Award,???
said Jarrett. ???It could be someone who is making clean energy, saving
energy, putting new technologies to use, proselytizing about energy, or
simply making it possible for all of us to change the kind of energy we
use, and how we use it.???
Nominations may be made on PennFuture???s website (www.pennfuture.org);
just click on the ???Green Power Awards??? link on the home page. The
deadline for nominations is Friday, August 6, 2010.
The awards luncheons are open to the public. The cost is $35 for the
general public and $30 for PennFuture members and space is limited ???
make reservations on the PennFuture. Companies and individuals
interested in sponsoring the awards luncheons should contact Kristian
Smith at 215-545-2133.
PennFuture is a statewide public interest membership organization that
advances policies to protect and improve the state???s environment and
economy. With offices in Harrisburg, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, West
Chester, and Wilkes-Barre, PennFuture???s activities include litigating
cases before regulatory bodies and in local, state and federal courts,
advocating and advancing legislative action on a state and federal
level, public education and assisting citizens in public advocacy.
PennFuture has experts and attorneys, outreach workers and
communicators, lobbyists and educators, all working with local groups
and citizens across the state to adopt and enforce great public policy.
The Philadelphia Inquirer called PennFuture the state???s ???leading
environmental advocacy organization.???