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PA Environmental Council Names Sponsors for Governor’s Awards Dinner
The Event Will Honor Winners of the 2007 Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence in Harrisburg

HARRISBURG, Pa., April 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswireThe Pennsylvania Environmental Council today announced that the Dominion Foundation, Constellation Energy, InterPower/AHL Con and PPL will serve as sponsors for a dinner in Harrisburg on April 17 to honor the recipients of the 2007 Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence.

Pa. called a culprit in global warming: Only California and Texas produced more greenhouse gases in the U.S., group says.
The Morning Call, Allentown, Pennsylvania (April 13, 2007)

Apr. 13–Pennsylvania created more carbon dioxide emissions than all but two other states in 2004, making it “a big part of the global warming problem,” according to an environmental advocacy group.

The Keystone State was behind only Texas and California in giving off fumes considered the primary contributor to climate change, according to PennEnvironment, which issued a report Thursday on nationwide carbon emission trends between 1990 and 2004.

Emissions from coal-burning power plants and automobiles are the main culprits, the group says.