48 Individuals and Organizations Honored For Leadership and Innovation In Protecting the Climate and Stratospheric Ozone 3/25/2002
From: Dave Ryan of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 202-564-7827; E-mail: ryan.dave@epa.gov WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Forty-eight individuals and organizations from around the world will receive EPA's Climate Protection and Stratospheric Ozone Protection Awards today in Washington, D.C. for their leadership and innovation in helping to reduce the health and environmental risks of global warming, and in protecting the stratospheric ozone layer, which protects us all from the skin cancer dangers of the sun's ultraviolet radiation. "Our Stratospheric Ozone and Climate Protection Awards show the global nature of this problem and the breadth of solutions being developed around the world," said EPA Administrator Christie Whitman at a luncheon today prior to the awards ceremony. "We will be honoring 48 winners that represent 12 different countries and 6 of the 7 continents. They have helped show that effectively managing this environmental challenge will require help from everyone. That means that individuals, corporations, and governments from around the world must all take a close look at their behaviors that contribute to this problem." The awards will be presented at 7 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill (phone 202-383-1322). The Stratospheric Ozone Protection Awards have been presented annually since1990, with 452 individuals and organizations from 37 countries recognized for their efforts to date. EPA established the Climate Protection Awards in 1998 and has so far recognized 68 individuals, companies and organizations from 12 countries. This year, EPA will award 28 individuals and companies with the Stratospheric Ozone Protection Awards and 20 individuals and companies with the Climate Protection Awards. 2002 Climate Protection Award Winners: Corporate and Governmental Awards -- Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., USA -- City of Portland, Oregon, USA -- C2D, US Army CECOM RD&E Center -- CONSOL Energy, USA -- DuPont, USA -- Hitachi (Japan) and Hitachi America -- New Jersey DEP/DSRT Office of Innovative Technology, USA -- Ontario Power Generation's Energy Efficiency Program, Canada -- Shaklee Corporation, USA -- Verizon Communications, USA Association, Partnership, and Team Awards -- CO2 Hot Water Supply Unit Design Team, Japan -- International SEMATECH's PFC Emission Reduction Working Group -- Land and Water Fund of the Rockies, USA -- Voluntary Aluminum Industrial Partnership for PFC Reductions Individual Awards -- Dr. Fabio R. Borri, STMicroelectronics, Italy -- Dr. Luis Abdon Cifuentes, Pontifica Universidad Catolica de Chile -- Yoshinobu Hayakawa, NEC Corporation, Japan -- Rev. Richard L. Killmer, National Council of the Churches of Christ, USA -- Robert L. Markle, U.S. Coast Guard -- Robert T. Wickham, Delegate, UN International Maritime Organization, USA 2002 Stratospheric Ozone Protection Award Winners: Corporate and Governmental Awards -- C.O. Keddy Nursery, Canada -- Diakin Industries, Japan -- Dow AgroSciences Company, USA -- Fetzer Vineyards, USA -- General Mills for the Recently Acquired Pillsbury Company, USA -- Honeywell International -- Kendall-Jackson Wine Estates, USA -- Raynor, USA -- USDA -- ARS, Water Management Research Laboratory, USA -- Yoder Brothers, USA Association and Team Awards -- Japan's Save the Ozone Network (JASON), Japan -- Florida Telone Commercialization Team, USA Individual Awards -- Sue Biniaz, U.S. Department of State -- Dr. Iwona Rummel-Bulska, World Meteorological Organization, Switzerland -- Jim Cochran, Swanton Berry Farm, USA -- Kert Davies, Greenpeace, USA -- Dr. Paul Fraser, Commonwealth Industrial Scientific Research Organisation, Australia -- Marcos Gonzalez, Costada Norte Parque, Costa Rica -- Nikolai Kopylov, All-Russian Research Institute for Fire Protection, Russia -- James Frederick O'Bryon, U.S. Department of Defense (retired) -- John Okedi, National Environment Management Authority, Uganda -- Nancy Reichman, Ph.D., University of Denver, USA -- Reva Rubenstein, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (retired) -- Darrel A. Staley, The Boeing Company, USA -- Sue Stendebach, National Science Foundation, USA -- Patrick Szell, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, U. K. -- Dr. A. Tcheknavorian-Asenbauer, United Nations Industrial Development Organization, Austria -- Howard L. Wesoky, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), USA The Awards presentation is part of the Fourth Annual Earth Technologies Forum, taking place March 25 - 27. The Forum of global climate change and stratospheric ozone protection technologies and policies is sponsored by the International Climate Change Partnership and the Alliance for Responsible Atmospheric Policy, in cooperation with the US Environmental Protection Agency, US Department of Energy, US Agency for International Development, United Nations Development Programme, United Nations Environment Programme, Australian Greenhouse Office, Environment Canada, Industry Canada, Netherlands' Reduction Plan for the Non-CO2 Greenhouse Gases, and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development. For further technical information about the EPA's Climate Protection and Stratospheric Ozone Protection Awards, contact Caley Johnson of EPA's Office of Atmospheric Programs at 202-564-2319 (johnson.caley@epa.gov) or go to: http://www.epa.gov/cpd/body_awards.html (climate) or http://www.epa.gov/spdpublc/awards/ (ozone). For more information about this year's Earth Technologies Forum, go to: http://www.earthforum.com | |