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newsrel -- Three receive California’s premier Haagen-Smit air quality award

Posted: 25 Jun 2015 11:01:34
Please consider the following news release from the California
Air Resources Board:
. http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/newsrelease.php?id=735

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

June 25, 2015

NEWS RELEASE 15-34

CONTACT: Melanie Turner (916) 322-2990
melanie.turner@arb.ca.gov


Three receive California’s premier air quality award

2014 Haagen-Smit awards recognize outstanding air quality
achievements in research, science and technology advancements


SACRAMENTO- - The California Air Resources Board today honored
recipients of the 2014 Haagen-Smit Clean Air Awards, California’s
premier award recognizing individuals who have made outstanding
contributions to improving air quality.
“These three individuals have championed public health with
extraordinary contributions to air pollution science, research
and technology,” said ARB Chairman Mary D. Nichols. “The
Haagen-Smit Award is our way of honoring these individuals who
have demonstrated a sustained commitment to protecting public
health throughout their long and distinguished careers.”
Haagen-Smit Clean Air Awards — the “Nobel Prize”  in air quality
achievement — are given annually to individuals who have made
significant lifetime contributions toward improving air quality
and climate change science, technology and policy, furthering the
protection of public health.
 
The 2014 Award Recipients:

• Dr. Donald Blake, professor of chemistry, University of
California Irvine

Dr. Blake has carried out internationally acclaimed measurements
of atmospheric volatile organic compounds that have provided
critical insights into their roles in air pollution and climate
change. His research has shown how elevated air pollution in some
cities, such as Mexico City, can be attributed to propane use and
cooking emissions rather than traffic pollution. 

• Dr. Kirk R. Smith, professor of global environmental health,
University of California Berkeley

Dr. Smith holds visiting professorships in India and China, where
he works to bring clean air to all people, particularly those who
suffer from high exposures to smoke from traditional cookstoves
using biomass and coal fuels. His research was critical to the
development of a global burden of disease estimate that 4 million
people die prematurely from household fuel combustion each year
and in helping trigger the first recognition of the importance of
air pollution within health ministries. 

• Dr. John Wall, Vice President and Chief Technical Officer,
diesel engine manufacturer Cummins Inc.

Dr. Wall has played a leadership role in the development and
implementation of all the major technology advancements
ultimately leading to the near-zero levels of emissions of
particulate matter and oxides of nitrogen from engines. He has
consistently taken a proactive environmentally conscious position
for the diesel industry throughout his career.  

In light of the global connection between air quality and climate
change, the scope of the Haagen-Smit Clean Air Awards program is
now international, with an added focus on climate change science
and mitigation.
 
California’s premier air quality award is named for the late Dr.
Arie Haagen-Smit — known as the “father” of air pollution science
and control. The award recognizes those who continue his legacy
through perseverance, leadership and innovation in the areas of
research, environmental policy, science and technology, public
education and community service. Dr. Haagen-Smit’s breakthrough
research, which became the foundation upon which today’s air
pollution standards are based, concluded that most of
California’s smog is the result of photochemistry — the reaction
of sunlight with industrial and motor vehicle exhaust to create
ozone. The selection committee is comprised of past award
winners.

To learn more about the Haagen-Smit award:
http://www.arb.ca.gov/research/hsawards/hsawards.htm

For a list of all past Haagen-Smit award winners:
http://www.arb.ca.gov/research/hsawards/winners/winners.htm



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