Orange County League of Conservation Voters, which bills itself as the "political arm" of Orange County's environmental movement, will recognize those who helped "Save Trestles" from a noxious toll-road extension at the nonprofit, non-partisan OCLCV's 10th anniversary Awards Dinner Thursday.Specifically, the recipients and the awards to be doled out include:-Elizabeth Lambe, Special Recognition for Environmental Excellence
-Jerry Collamer, Environmental Activist Leader of the Year
-Huntington
Ed Royce (R)We all know that lead is bad stuff. Kills babies. Makes bullets. So there's plenty of reason to be glad that Orange-based Continuous Coating Corp. is shedding 70,000 pounds of lead from its production process. The firm, which makes continuous coil electro-zinc line (probably very essential!) already has a nice record with Scorecard, "the pollution information site." The de-leadening is a part of its participation with the Environmental Protection Agency's NPEP, "a voluntary partnersh