The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality recognized Exploration Green as a finalist for an environmental excellence award May 11. Exploration Green did not win the award but received a certificate “for taking care of Texas through outstanding efforts in environmental protection and pollution prevention,” the certificate states. The annual Governor’s Texas Environmental Excellence Awards program has honored more than 250 environmental projects since 1993, according to a press release. Exploration Green’s award can be viewed on the conservancy’s Awards & Recognition webpage.