Ceremonial Environmental Gatherings

Formal gatherings with groups of officials in ceremonial settings, often involving tree planting and discussions on environmental initiatives.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Ocean Springs, Mississippi, where he joined First Lady Laura Bush, White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James Connaughton, and Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour for tours of the J.L. Scott Marine Education Center-Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, and a ceremony formally designating the center as the 21st Coastal Ecosystem Learning Center in the nation. Secretary Kempthorne and First Lady Bush also used the designation ceremony to announce new Bush Administration actions on marine debris.

Tree planting ceremony, led by Deputy Assistant Secretary for Budget and Finance Robert Lamb and other senior officials, honoring the late Sky Lesher, long-time Office of Financial Management Director

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Hydraulic Hybrid , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Wyoming visit , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Chesapeake Bay Press Conference - Kingman Island Park , Environmental Protection Agency

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Ocean Springs, Mississippi, where he joined First Lady Laura Bush, White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James Connaughton, and Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour for tours of the J.L. Scott Marine Education Center-Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, and a ceremony formally designating the center as the 21st Coastal Ecosystem Learning Center in the nation. Secretary Kempthorne and First Lady Bush also used the designation ceremony to announce new Bush Administration actions on marine debris.

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Chesapeake Bay Press Conference - Kingman Island Park , Environmental Protection Agency

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Ocean Springs, Mississippi, where he joined First Lady Laura Bush, White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James Connaughton, and Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour for tours of the J.L. Scott Marine Education Center-Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, and a ceremony formally designating the center as the 21st Coastal Ecosystem Learning Center in the nation. Secretary Kempthorne and First Lady Bush also used the designation ceremony to announce new Bush Administration actions on marine debris.

Coastal Storm Flooding Hurricane/Tropical Storm Severe Storm - East Haven, Conn. , September 16, 2011 Rep. Nancy Pelosi, House Minority Leader, met with FEMA, State and local officials at the FEMA DRC in East Haven, which is in the district represented by Rosa DeLauro (right of Pelosi). Connecticut FCO Stephen De Blasio spoke extensively to Pelosi in outlining FEMA's recovery efforts. North Carolina Hurricane Irene. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Clean School Bus; Tomorrow's Technology for Today's Engines event , Environmental Protection Agency

Chesapeake Bay - Chesapeake Bay Press Conference - Kingman Island Park , Environmental Protection Agency

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton, with Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, center, and other officials, to Horseshoe Curve, Altoona, Pennsylvania, to mark efforts led by Santorum to reclaim abandoned mine lands and remove health, safety dangers for nearby residents

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Ocean Springs, Mississippi, where he joined First Lady Laura Bush, White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James Connaughton, and Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour for tours of the J.L. Scott Marine Education Center-Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, and a ceremony formally designating the center as the 21st Coastal Ecosystem Learning Center in the nation. Secretary Kempthorne and First Lady Bush also used the designation ceremony to announce new Bush Administration actions on marine debris.

President's Environmental Youth Awards, National Winners - White House, President G. W. Bush, EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman , Environmental Protection Agency

President's Environmental Youth Awards, National Winners - White House, President G. W. Bush, EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman , Environmental Protection Agency

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Ocean Springs, Mississippi, where he joined First Lady Laura Bush, White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James Connaughton, and Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour for tours of the J.L. Scott Marine Education Center-Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, and a ceremony formally designating the center as the 21st Coastal Ecosystem Learning Center in the nation. Secretary Kempthorne and First Lady Bush also used the designation ceremony to announce new Bush Administration actions on marine debris.

Appearance by Secretary Gale Norton at the Great Lakes Lighthouse Conference, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, Michigan, to announce transfer of four Michigan lighthouses, one Washington lighthouse from Coast Guard to state, county, non-profit control; and to bestow lighthouse awards

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Ocean Springs, Mississippi, where he joined First Lady Laura Bush, White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James Connaughton, and Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour for tours of the J.L. Scott Marine Education Center-Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, and a ceremony formally designating the center as the 21st Coastal Ecosystem Learning Center in the nation. Secretary Kempthorne and First Lady Bush also used the designation ceremony to announce new Bush Administration actions on marine debris.

Earth Day - EPA at 40: Celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day and EPA , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator - EPA Executive Council Meeting Regarding the State of the Chesapeake Bay Program , Environmental Protection Agency

011082510 Slidell High School reopens with FEMA assistance. Louisiana Hurricane Katrina. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Ocean Springs, Mississippi, where he joined First Lady Laura Bush, White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James Connaughton, and Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour for tours of the J.L. Scott Marine Education Center-Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, and a ceremony formally designating the center as the 21st Coastal Ecosystem Learning Center in the nation. Secretary Kempthorne and First Lady Bush also used the designation ceremony to announce new Bush Administration actions on marine debris.

Office of the Administrator - EPA-RTP Facility - Administrator Gina McCarthy's visit to the EPA-Research Triangle Park (RTP) facility in Durham, NC , Environmental Protection Agency

Tree planting ceremony, led by Deputy Assistant Secretary for Budget and Finance Robert Lamb and other senior officials, honoring the late Sky Lesher, long-time Office of Financial Management Director

President's Environmental Youth Awards, National Winners - White House, President G. W. Bush, EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman , Environmental Protection Agency

President's Environmental Youth Awards, National Winners - White House, President G. W. Bush, EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman , Environmental Protection Agency

Reception event, on the Main Interior rooftop, following the official announcement of the final list of National Park Centennial Challenge projects to be funded in 2008, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and National Park Service Deputy Director Lyndi Harvey among the Interior speakers. The Centennial Challenge is the public-private fund matching element of the President's National Park Centennial Initiative, designed to prepare the National Park system for another century of conservation and preservation in time for the National Park Service's 100th anniversary in 2016.

Press conference and related ceremonial activities, at the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C., marking the official announcement of the Fish and Wildlife Service's decision to remove the bald eagle from the list of threatened and endangered species, with remarks by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett,, White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James Connaughton, and other federal agency and conservation organization officials

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the National Zoo, Washington, D.C., for touring and participation in Children and Nature event along with National Zoo Director John Berry, Fish and Wildlife Service Director H. Dale Hall, award-winning journalist and author Richard Louv, The Conservation Fund President and Chief Executive Officer Larry Selzer, and other members of the conservation community

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Senator Event, Barbara Mikulski

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Chesapeake Bay Press Conference - Kingman Island Park , Environmental Protection Agency

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Ocean Springs, Mississippi, where he joined First Lady Laura Bush, White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James Connaughton, and Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour for tours of the J.L. Scott Marine Education Center-Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, and a ceremony formally designating the center as the 21st Coastal Ecosystem Learning Center in the nation. Secretary Kempthorne and First Lady Bush also used the designation ceremony to announce new Bush Administration actions on marine debris.

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Wyoming visit , Environmental Protection Agency

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Ocean Springs, Mississippi, where he joined First Lady Laura Bush, White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James Connaughton, and Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour for tours of the J.L. Scott Marine Education Center-Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, and a ceremony formally designating the center as the 21st Coastal Ecosystem Learning Center in the nation. Secretary Kempthorne and First Lady Bush also used the designation ceremony to announce new Bush Administration actions on marine debris.

Participating in Energy Awareness Month Activities , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator - Lake Champlain Basin Program, Vermont , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - EPA's Office of Water Earth Day 2006 Activity at Rock Creek Park , Environmental Protection Agency

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Ocean Springs, Mississippi, where he joined First Lady Laura Bush, White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James Connaughton, and Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour for tours of the J.L. Scott Marine Education Center-Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, and a ceremony formally designating the center as the 21st Coastal Ecosystem Learning Center in the nation. Secretary Kempthorne and First Lady Bush also used the designation ceremony to announce new Bush Administration actions on marine debris.

Clean Air Locomoitve and Marine Diesel Rule, Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Bell Multicultural High School, Earth Day 2007 Activities , Environmental Protection Agency

President's Environmental Youth Awards, National Winners - White House, President G. W. Bush, EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman , Environmental Protection Agency

Chesapeake Bay - Chesapeake Bay Press Conference - Kingman Island Park , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Chesapeake Bay Press Conference - Kingman Island Park , Environmental Protection Agency

Deputy Administrator Linda Fisher, International Green Diesel Technology, EPA Ariel Rios Courtyard , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of Air and Radiation - Diesel Technology Forum, Clean Diesel Power: Ready For Tomorrow, Working Today , Environmental Protection Agency

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the National Zoo, Washington, D.C., for touring, press conference launch of the Tiger Conservation Initiative. The Secretary joined numerous dignitaries, among them National Zoo Director John Berry, actor and Conservation International board member Harrison Ford, actor Robert Duvall, World Bank Group President Robert Zoellick, National Zoo Ecology Center Head Conservator John Seidensticker, and International Tiger Coalition spokesperson Grace Ge Gabriel, at the event.

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Hydraulic Hybrid , Environmental Protection Agency

Tree planting ceremony, led by Deputy Assistant Secretary for Budget and Finance Robert Lamb and other senior officials, honoring the late Sky Lesher, long-time Office of Financial Management Director

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Ocean Springs, Mississippi, where he joined First Lady Laura Bush, White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James Connaughton, and Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour for tours of the J.L. Scott Marine Education Center-Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, and a ceremony formally designating the center as the 21st Coastal Ecosystem Learning Center in the nation. Secretary Kempthorne and First Lady Bush also used the designation ceremony to announce new Bush Administration actions on marine debris.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Ocean Springs, Mississippi, where he joined First Lady Laura Bush, White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James Connaughton, and Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour for tours of the J.L. Scott Marine Education Center-Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, and a ceremony formally designating the center as the 21st Coastal Ecosystem Learning Center in the nation. Secretary Kempthorne and First Lady Bush also used the designation ceremony to announce new Bush Administration actions on marine debris.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Ocean Springs, Mississippi, where he joined First Lady Laura Bush, White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James Connaughton, and Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour for tours of the J.L. Scott Marine Education Center-Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, and a ceremony formally designating the center as the 21st Coastal Ecosystem Learning Center in the nation. Secretary Kempthorne and First Lady Bush also used the designation ceremony to announce new Bush Administration actions on marine debris.

Administrator Christine Todd Whitman at Brownfield Clean Up , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response - Pickapart , Environmental Protection Agency

Secretary Gale Norton with Department of Interior staff at tree planting and related outdoor events on the National Mall, Washington, D.C., marking the final days of the Norton tenure

Chesapeake Bay - Chesapeake Bay Press Conference - Kingman Island Park , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Chesapeake Bay Press Conference - Kingman Island Park , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Ask-Kaleidoscope , Environmental Protection Agency

Christine Todd Whitman at Anacostia with DC Mayor Anthony Williams , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of Research and Development - 2010 People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3) , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Hydrogen Car , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Clean Diesel, Diesel Technology Forum , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of Research and Development - 2010 People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3) , Environmental Protection Agency

Earth Day observance, with Secretary Colin Powell and wildlife visitors, outside Harry S. Truman Building

011071311 DHS SEC Napolitano visits Minot ND. North Dakota Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Office of the Administrator - EPA-RTP Facility - Administrator Gina McCarthy's visit to the EPA-Research Triangle Park (RTP) facility in Durham, NC , Environmental Protection Agency

Administrator Christine Todd Whitman at Brownfield Clean Up , Environmental Protection Agency

Lake Tahoe Restoration Summit at Nevada's Sand Harbor State Park, where Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined Nevada Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign, Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons, California Senator Dianne Feinstein, California Secretary for Resources Mike Chrisman, Agriculture Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment Mark Rey, Washoe Tribe of California and Nevada Chairman Waldo Walker, and other federal, state, local, tribal leaders in the environmental forum focusing on reducing wildfire risks in the area as well as the impact of global warming on Lake Tahoe. In his Summit address, Secretary Kempthorne announced more than $140 million in funding for conservation, restoration, wildfire protection, recreation, and capital improvement projects for Lake Tahoe and Nevada--the ninth round of funding under the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act.

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Clean Diesel, Diesel Technology Forum , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator - EPA Executive Council Meeting Regarding the State of the Chesapeake Bay Program , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Hydrogen Car , Environmental Protection Agency

011061408 IOWA FLOODS-.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Clean Air Locomoitve and Marine Diesel Rule, Environmental Protection Agency

President's Environmental Youth Awards - President's Environmental Youth Awards, White House , Environmental Protection Agency

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne on visit to Brewer, Maine, where he met with Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) staff and joined FWS Northeast Regional Director Marvin Moriarty and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminsitration General Counsel James Walpole among the federal officials participating in a Cooperative Conservation public "listening session"

Secretary Gale Norton with Department of Interior staff at tree planting and related outdoor events on the National Mall, Washington, D.C., marking the final days of the Norton tenure

Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response - Pickapart , Environmental Protection Agency

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Ocean Springs, Mississippi, where he joined First Lady Laura Bush, White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James Connaughton, and Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour for tours of the J.L. Scott Marine Education Center-Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, and a ceremony formally designating the center as the 21st Coastal Ecosystem Learning Center in the nation. Secretary Kempthorne and First Lady Bush also used the designation ceremony to announce new Bush Administration actions on marine debris.

Office of Water - One Planet Ours: Sustainability for the 22nd Century , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Administrator Stephen L. Johnson in St. Louis , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator - EPA Executive Council Meeting Regarding the State of the Chesapeake Bay Program , Environmental Protection Agency

President's Environmental Youth Awards, National Winners - White House, President G. W. Bush, EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman , Environmental Protection Agency

Chesapeake Bay - Chesapeake Bay Executive Council , Environmental Protection Agency

President's Environmental Youth Awards, National Winners - White House, President G. W. Bush, EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Administrator Stephen L. Johnson in St. Louis , Environmental Protection Agency

Press conference and related ceremonial activities, at the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C., marking the official announcement of the Fish and Wildlife Service's decision to remove the bald eagle from the list of threatened and endangered species, with remarks by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett,, White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James Connaughton, and other federal agency and conservation organization officials

President's Environmental Youth Awards, National Winners - White House, President G. W. Bush, EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman , Environmental Protection Agency

Administrator Christine Todd Whitman at Brownfield Clean Up , Environmental Protection Agency

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne leading Interior press conference on National Park management policies

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, San Francisco, California, where he joined National Park Service Director Fran Mainella, Golden Gate National Recreation Area Superintendent Brian O'Neill, and other officials in honoring the collaborative efforts of the Park Service and the community--working through the nonprofit Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy--in carrying out the Crissy Field renovation

Chesapeake Bay - Chesapeake Executive Council (CEC) , Environmental Protection Agency

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne speaking with other participants and attendees at the press conference, on the steps of the U.S. Capitol, announcing the final list of National Park Centennial Challenge projects to be funded in 2008. The Centennial Challenge is the public-private fund matching element of the President's National Park Centennial Initiative, designed to prepare the National Park system for another century of conservation and preservation in time for the National Park Service's 100th anniversary in 2016.

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Administrator Stephen L. Johnson in St. Louis , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Administrator Stephen L. Johnson in St. Louis , Environmental Protection Agency

Earth Day observance, with Secretary Colin Powell and wildlife visitors, outside Harry S. Truman Building

Participating in Energy Awareness Month Activities , Environmental Protection Agency

Tree planting ceremony, led by Deputy Assistant Secretary for Budget and Finance Robert Lamb and other senior officials, honoring the late Sky Lesher, long-time Office of Financial Management Director

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Chesapeake Bay Press Conference - Kingman Island Park , Environmental Protection Agency

Chesapeake Bay - Chesapeake Bay Program, Chesapeake Watershed Education Agreement, Chesapeake Executive Council , Environmental Protection Agency

ESA Recognition in Crystal City , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator - John Eager Howard Elementary School Farm , Environmental Protection Agency

ESA Recognition in Crystal City , Environmental Protection Agency

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