Louisiana Environmental Action Network - Recognitions and Awards

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When Marylee Orr started what has become Louisiana's most effective environmental organization she thought it would be a six-month commitment....
Reach out to all communities in spill response, agencies urged
Council to ask EPA to use local...
Environmental justice concerns arising from Gulf of Mexico oil spill aired
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Adventurers travel the Mississippi
When Mary Fredericksen learned of her nephew s plans to canoe from Lake Itasca to the Gulf of Mexico ...
Attorneys for Fishermen Secure BP Cooperation for Better Oil Claims Process, But Say Serious Problems Remain
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Ninth Ward Blasts Corps of Engineers
NEW ORLEANS (CN) - Despite a federal judge's order that the Army Corps of Engineers cannot widen the Industrial Canal...
Attorneys for Fishermen Secure BP Cooperation for Better Oil Claims Process, But Say Serious Problem
Florida business owners, residents and those impacted by the Gulf oil catastrophe now have a more fair and secure process...

Louisiana Association for Justice Public Service Award
Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality’s 2009 Environmental Leadership Award as the Individual of the Year for Environmental Advocacy and Community Outreach

OMB Watch selected Marylee to receive the OMB Watch Public Interest Hall of Fame award
Marylee was a runner up for the Conde' Nast Traveler Environmental award

Received the Gary L. Groesch Community Activist of the Year Award
Depicted in the award winning Lifetime movie Taking Back Our Town
A United States delegate to the Global Assembly of Women and the Environment in Miami, Florida and spoke on water issues
Highlighted in the Baton Rouge Advocate feature article Environmentally Involved in Louisiana
Featured in "Fast Quotes" in the the Baton Rouge Business Report
Featured in Family Circle Magazine, and has been noted in numerous articles about successful environmental leaders
Co-hosted the Breast Cancer and the Environment Conference in New Orleans with the Southern Women for Health and the Environment - Bella Abzug, keynote speaker

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