
Bush-era EPA water chief receives environmental award
E&E News03-07-2025
The Environmental Council of the States and its executive director, Ben Grumbles, have been given the 2025 Environment Achievement Award.
ECOS, established in 1993, is a nonpartisan nonprofit association of state and local environmental agency leaders. The Environmental Law Institute, the law and policy nonprofit who issues the annual award, said that ECOS provides crucial leadership on issues like climate change, chemical safety and environmental justice.
'Ben Grumbles and ECOS work tirelessly to support state governments in their pursuit of a cleaner, healthier, and more sustainable environment,' ELI's president, Jordan Diamond, said. 'We're thrilled to recognize them for their outstanding contributions to bipartisan environmental leadership and policy.'
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'Building environmental bridges is a lot more fun and a lot more rewarding than building walls,' Grumbles said. 'It's wonderful to be recognized by the Environmental Law Institute for the important and timely work that ECOS does in bringing all of the environmental commissioners of the country together, finding common ground and building bridges.'
ECOS, established in 1993, is a nonpartisan nonprofit association of state and local environmental agency leaders. The Environmental Law Institute, the law and policy nonprofit who issues the annual award, said that ECOS provides crucial leadership on issues like climate change, chemical safety and environmental justice.
'Ben Grumbles and ECOS work tirelessly to support state governments in their pursuit of a cleaner, healthier, and more sustainable environment,' ELI's president, Jordan Diamond, said. 'We're thrilled to recognize them for their outstanding contributions to bipartisan environmental leadership and policy.'
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'Building environmental bridges is a lot more fun and a lot more rewarding than building walls,' Grumbles said. 'It's wonderful to be recognized by the Environmental Law Institute for the important and timely work that ECOS does in bringing all of the environmental commissioners of the country together, finding common ground and building bridges.'
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