Connecticut Appointee Vows to Continue No Child Left Inside Efforts
The (Connecticut) Day – September 10, 2009
By Judy Benson
Amey Marrella, nominated by Gov. M. Jodi Rell Tuesday to be the state's new commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection, said increasing recycling, raising air quality standards, responding to the challenges of climate change and new regulations for the use of fresh water resources will be among her priorities. ”My first love and passion is environmental issues,” Marrella said in a telephone interview Wednesday. She also vowed to maintain a commitment to state parks and to the No Child Left Inside Initiative begun by her predecessor, Gina McCarthy, to foster a love of the outdoors and outdoor activities among…
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