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Pollution Prevention (P2)

Internship Programs in Pollution Prevention

Pollution prevention internships give participants the opportunity to gain vital career experience while helping to protect human health and the environment.

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  • We provide these links as we are informed about these programs.

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Arizona

Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals (ITEP)
ITEP-EEOP Internship Program
Northern Arizona University
PO Box 5768
Flagstaff, AZ 86011
Phone: 928-523-1275

California

City of Palo Alto Summer Internship Program
City Manager's Office, Seventh Floor
250 Hamilton Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: 650-463-4910

Strategic Energy Innovations
Strategic Energy Innovations
899 Northgate Dr. #410
San Rafael, CA 94903
Phone: 415-507-2181

UC Santa Barbara Sustainability Internship Program
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-4160
Phone: 805-448-5111

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Colorado

Boulder County Public Health Volunteer Service Program
Boulder County Public Health (BCPH)
3450 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80304
Phone: 303-441-1100

also: Partners For A Clean Environment
Boulder County Public Health
Environmental Health Specialist
Phone: 303-441-1574

Solar Energy International
Solar Energy International
POB 715 (Shipping: 76 South 2nd St.)
Carbondale, CO 81623-0715

District of Columbia

Environmental Law Institute
2000 L Street NW
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-939-3878

Energy Information Administration
Energy Information Administration
Office of Resource Management
Phone: 202-586-7595

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Florida

Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Administration/Human Resource Management
Phone: 850-245-2414
Email: DEP_Internships@dep.state.fl.us (
DEP_Internships@dep.state.fl.us)

Idaho

Idaho Department of Environmental Quality
Pollution Prevention Program
1410 N. Hilton
Boise, ID 83706
Phone: 208-373-0146
Email: ben.jarvis@deq.idaho.gov (ben.jarvis@deq.idaho.gov)

Illinois

Illinois EPA Internship Programs
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
P.O. Box 19276
Springfield, Illinois 62794-9276
Phone: (217) 782-3397

Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT)
Center for Neighborhood Technology
2125 W. North Avenue
Chicago, IL 60647
Phone: 773-269-4055

Healthy Schools Campaign
Healthy Schools Campaign
205 W. Monroe, 4th Floor
Chicago, IL 60606
Phone: 312-419-1810

Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
Phone: 312-751-5174

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Iowa

Iowa Pollution Prevention Intern Program
Pollution Prevention Services
Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR)
502 E. 9th Street
Des Moines, IA 50319
Phone: 515-281-8063

Iowa Waste Reduction Center
Suite 113, BCS Building
Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0185
Phone: 319-273-8905

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Kansas

Kansas Pollution Prevention Intern Program
Pollution Prevention Institute
7001 W. 21st Street North
Wichita, Kansas 67205
Phone: 316-722-7721
Toll-free: 800-578-8898

Maryland

Pollution Prevention Intern Program
Maryland Department of the Environment
Pollution Prevention Coordinator
1800 Washington Boulevard, Suite 735
Baltimore, Maryland 21230-1720
Phone: 410-537-4119

*only for graduate engineering students at the University of Maryland, College Park

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Massachusetts

Department of Environmental Protection Intern Program
One Winter St
Boston, MA 02108
Phone: 617-292-5751

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Minnesota

MnTAP Student Intern Program
Minnesota Technical Assistance Program
University of Minnesota
200 Oak St SE, Suite 350-1
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone: 612-624-1300
Toll-free: 800-247-0015

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Missouri

Missouri State University
901 S. National Avenue
Springfield, MO 65897

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Nebraska

P3: Partnerships in Pollution Prevention Program
Summer Internship for Engineering & Science Students
114 Othmer Hall/820 N 16th St.
P.O. Box 880642
Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0642

New Hampshire

University of New Hampshire Sustainability Internship Program
Sustainability Institute, University of New Hampshire
107 Nesmith Hall, 131 Main Street
Durham, NH 03824
Phone: 603-862-8564
Email: sustainability@unh.edu (sustainability@unh.edu)

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North Dakota

University of North Dakota Energy and Environment Research Center
Energy & Environmental Research Center
University of North Dakota
15 North 23rd Street, Stop 9018
Grand Forks, ND 58202-9018
Phone: 701-777-5120

Ohio

Southwest Ohio Pollution Prevention (P2) Internship Program

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Oregon

Oregon Applied Sustainability Experience
Oregon Sea Grant
1600 SW Western Blvd, Suite 350
Corvallis, OR 97333
Phone: 541-737-2714

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Internships
Phone: 717-783-4759
Email: DEP-Internships@pa.gov (DEP-Internships@pa.gov)

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Tennessee

Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation
Phone: 865-594-5561

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Texas

Austin Energy
721 Barton Springs Rd # 316
Austin, TX 78704
Phone: 512-322-6554

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) - The Mickey Leland Environmental Internship Program
Pollution Prevention & Education
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (MC-112)
P. O. Box 13087
Austin, Texas 78711-3087

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