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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's New England office celebrated Earth Day today by recognizing one individual and four organizations from Rhode Island with its annual Environmental Merit Awards.
The individual award went to Cynthia Gianfrancesco, a prinicipal environmental scientist at the Office of Waste Management at the state Department of Environmental Management for her efforts to find financing and support for developing brownfields in Rhode Island.
The EPA also honored Project 20/20 at Brown University for combating climate change by distributing energy-efficient, compact fluorescent light bulbs to low income households. Since early 2008, the group has replaced 36,242 bulbs in 2,415 households, saving $700,000 in utility bills and offsetting 4,000 metric tons of carbon emissions.
The Rhode Island Hospitality Association was honored for instituting green business practices in 35 hotels, restaurants and convention facilities.
Finally, the city of Providence school department was recognized with agencies in other states for promoting greener use and disposal of government technology equipment.

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