WASHINGTON - MARCH 6: U.S. Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT) (R) speaks as Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA) (L) looks on during a news conference to introduce a new legislation on Capitol Hill March 6, 2008 in Washington, DC. Welch and Sherman and 58 House members have co-sponsored a legislation to overturn the recent Environmental Protection Agency decision to deny California's request for a waiver to adopt stricter automobile greenhouse gas emissions standards. Getty Images logo Getty Images 21 months ago

WASHINGTON - MARCH 6: U.S. Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT) (R) speaks as Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA) (L) looks on during a news conference to introduce a new legislation on Capitol Hill March 6, 2008 in Washington, DC. Welch and Sherman and 58 House members have co-sponsored a legislation to overturn the recent Environmental Protection Agency decision to deny California's request for a waiver to adopt stricter automobile greenhouse gas emissions standards.

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  14. On Monday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recognized Applied Materials with a 2009 Green Power Leadership Award. Applied Materials was distinguished as one of the country's leading green power purchasers and one of only three organizations nationwide to receive a Leadership Award for the on-site generation of green power. An example of one of the company's on-site solar power applications is the 2 megawatt rooftop-and parking lot-based solar array system at Applied Materials' research campus in CA that consists of approximately 8,000 wafer-based solar panels and represents one of the largest corporate solar power installations in the United States.
  15. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson, right, pitches in to help Kris Smart, left, and other volunteers spread mulch and spruce up Kilbourne Park's community gardens, Friday, Sept. 11, 2009 in Chicago. Volunteers across America joined together in the National Day of Service on the eighth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the U.S.
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