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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Friends of the Sterling Nature Center Awarded Three 2025 CLEAN Environment Awards from Constellation

Sterling, NY — October 2025 — The Friends of the Sterling Nature Center has received three 2025 CLEAN Environment Awards from Constellation, the nation’s largest producer of emissions-free energy. The awards, totaling $62,500, will support three environmental initiatives at the Sterling Nature Center: restoration of the Heron Trail Bridge, installation of bird-safe window film on the interpretive building, and expansion of the Youth Nature Program for ages 9–12. These projects advance habitat protection, visitor safety, and environmental education core parts of the Center’s mission to connect people with nature.

“These projects reflect the core of what we do connecting people with nature through education, access, and conservation,” said Christine Engel Gonzalez, Community Outreach Coordinator for the Friends of the Sterling Nature Center. “Constellation’s support helps us protect vital habitats, create safer spaces for wildlife and visitors, and provide opportunities for young people to learn and explore outdoors. We’re incredibly grateful for their partnership in sustaining this special place.”

A total of 34 nonprofits received 2025 CLEAN Environment Awards through the Constellation Foundation, which partnered with the company’s environmental and sustainability teams to select projects that include construction and refurbishment of wildlife enclosures, urban tree planting initiatives, living shoreline installations, and youth nature programs.

“Operating the nation’s largest fleet of emissions-free generation is about more than just powering homes and businesses. We have a unique responsibility, and an opportunity, to lead as stewards of the environment,” said Bryan Hanson, executive vice president and chief generation officer at Constellation and Constellation Foundation board member. “The CLEAN Awards are our way of recognizing and empowering dedicated sustainability organizations who are rolling up their sleeves every day to help build stronger, more vibrant communities.”

About Constellation
Constellation Energy Corporation (Nasdaq: CEG), a Fortune 200 company headquartered in Baltimore, is the nation’s largest producer of reliable, emissions-free energy and a leading energy supplier to businesses, homes and public sector customers nationwide, including three-fourths of Fortune 100 companies. With annual output that is nearly 90 percent carbon-free, our hydro, wind and solar facilities paired with the nation’s largest nuclear fleet have the generating capacity to power the equivalent of 16 million homes, providing about 10 percent of the nation’s clean energy. We are committed to investing in innovative technologies to drive the transition to a reliable, sustainable and secure energy future.