PRESIDENT’ S VIEW
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PRESIDENT’ S VIEW
Celebrating Environmental Innovations
By Anthony Russo President, CIANJ
In the spring of 1970, Senator Gaylord Nelson created Earth Day as a national demonstration to raise awareness about environmental issues. Twenty million Americans demonstrated in different U. S. cities, according to the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency( EPA), and in December 1970, Congress authorized the creation of a new federal agency, the EPA.
“ Earth Day 1970 achieved a rare political alignment, enlisting support from Republicans and Democrats, rich and poor, urban dwellers and farmers, business and labor leaders,” writes EarthDay. org.“ By the end of 1970, the first Earth Day led to the creation of the EPA and the passage of other first-of-their-kind environmental laws, including the National Environmental Education Act, the Occupational Safety and Health Act, and the Clean Air Act. Two years later congress passed the Clean Water Act.”
This year, The Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey( CIANJ) and COMMERCE Magazine have launched a new awards program to recognize the good work being done in New Jersey involving environmental innovation and achievement. The inaugural Environmental Innovation Awards recognizes professionals, institutions, and companies involved in improving our environment. Award winners and nominees will be recognized on Earth Day, April 22, 2025, at an awards breakfast ceremony at Nanina’ s In The Park, Belleville, NJ.
In addition to attending the Environmental Innovation Awards, we urge you to join CIANJ’ s Environmental Business Council( EBC). The EBC’ s mission is to recognize the important economic role the environmental industry plays within the state, to demonstrate that environmental issues are also business issues, and to teach the business and regulatory communities that environmental responsibility and economic growth are fundamentally related.
In a time when we are often divided, Earth Day has proven that leaders can come together to support something we all have in common: our home, planet Earth.
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PUBLISHER / CEO ANTHONY RUSSO arusso @ cianj. org
EDITOR JAMIE GRILL-GOODMAN jgoodman @ cianj. org
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS JULIA PANGBURN LARRY FELD
ADVERTISING SALES JEREMY SULIT( 201) 368-2100 jsulit @ cianj. org
RICH WALTMAN( 646) 808-5114 rwaltman @ cianj. org
TOM WORLEY( 917)-733-5135 tworley @ cianj. org
LAYOUT AND DESIGN MARJORIE CAMPOLONGO Art Director, mjcampolongo @ gmail. com
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