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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Denver office has awarded nearly $190,000 in grants to environmental education projects, including three in Utah. "Each year, we offer financial assistance to worthy environmental projects that encourage students to study their environment and better understand various sides to complex environmental issues," said EPA's regional administrator, Robert E. Roberts. The program has distributed the yearly grants since 1992. This year's recipients are:
* Center for Green Space Design in Salt Lake City, $20,000 award for its "West Capitol Hill Environmental Education Project: A Community-Based Environmental Education Effort."
* Salt Lake City-based National Energy Foundation, $10,000, for its "Energy Efficiency and Clean Fuels for Utah Driver Education Program."
* Zion Natural History Association, Springdale, $10,000 for "Project DEEP Ð Diversity in Environmental Education and Environmental Protection."
More information about the projects can be found at the Web site http://www.epa.gov /region8/env ed/grants.html.
- Judy Fahys
