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newsrel -- Five receive California’s premier air quality award

Posted: 22 Jun 2017 11:30:32
Please consider the following news release from the California
Air Resources Board:

http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/newsrelease.php?id=942

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

June 21, 2017

NEWS RELEASE 17-46



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


Five receive California’s premier air quality award

2016 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 2016 Haagen-Smit Clean Air Awards, California’s
premier award recognizing individuals who have made outstanding
contributions to improving air quality. The contributions of this
year’s award winners will have lasting impacts not only for air
quality and climate goals in California, but on an international
scale.

“The Haagen-Smit Award is our way of honoring individuals who
have championed public health with extraordinary contributions to
air pollution research, science and clean air technology,” CARB
Chair Mary D. Nichols said.  “From shaping our understanding of
air pollutants and informing policy on climate health, to
advocating for the right to clean air in severely polluted
cities, their long and distinguished careers have  changed how we
address climate change and fight air pollution around the world.”

Considered the “Nobel Prize” in air quality achievement, the
Haagen-Smit Clean Air Awards 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.

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.

The 2016 Award Recipients:

Chet France, former Director, Assessment and Standards Division,
Office of Transportation and Air Quality, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency

Mr. Chester “Chet” France is being recognized for his leadership
in developing and implementing advanced technology programs that
have significantly reduced mobile source emissions and resulted
in significant public health and climate benefits. He not only
spearheaded federal motor vehicle and fuel emission control
programs, he was responsible for developing and maintaining
national computer models that estimate the emissions of
transportation sources. Because of the programs that Mr. France
has managed at the national level, today’s cars and trucks are 99
percent cleaner than a decade ago.

Dan Greenbaum, President and CEO, Health Effects Institute (HEI)

Mr. Dan Greenbaum is being recognized for his sustained
leadership on air pollution health science, communication and
policies at the state, national and international levels. During
Mr. Greenbaum’s tenure as president, HEI has provided key science
to inform decisions on national ambient air quality standards,
air toxics, fuels and technologies and has undertaken several key
challenges at the science-policy interface. Mr. Greenbaum’s
leadership and vision have extended HEI’s influence beyond U.S.
borders, and HEI now provides trusted science for decisions on
four continents.

Joyce Penner, Professor, Atmospheric Science, University of
Michigan

Dr. Joyce Penner is being recognized for her pioneering air
pollution research that has transformed our understanding of the
diverse range of atmospheric aerosols associated with human
activities, their interactions with clouds, and their role in
climate change. Over her career, Joyce Penner’s innovative and
sustained scientific contributions have demonstrated the full
extent of aerosols’ impact on the global atmosphere, their
relationship to human activities, and their complex interactions
with the climate system. Dr. Penner’s scientific contributions
and her work on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
assessments are fundamental to the scientific community’s
confidence that the observed climate change is attributable to
human activities.

V. “Ram” Ramanathan, Distinguished Professor, Climate and
Atmospheric Sciences, Scripps Institution of Oceanography,
University of California, San Diego

Dr. Veerabhadran “Ram” Ramanathan is being recognized for his
sustained and innovative contributions to understanding complex
linkages between manmade emissions and climate change, especially
the need for simultaneous and deep reductions of short- and
long-lived climate pollutants in order to avoid the most
catastrophic impacts of global warming. Dr. Ramanathan’s historic
research on climate and atmospheric science has been widely
recognized around the world. Because of his research, atmospheric
physics was linked to atmospheric chemistry, leading to a
paradigm shift in the way climate scientists approached the
problem of global warming.

Anumita Roychowdhury, Executive Director, Centre for Science and
Environment, India 

Anumita Roychowdhury is being recognized for her notable work on
a suite of emission control strategies to mitigate severe air
pollution. Ms. Roychowdhury has a long list of success stories
for clean air and public health in India. Her most recent policy
victory was the national adoption of sweeping new emission
standards for cars, trucks, buses, two-wheelers and
three-wheelers. Anumita remains a central force in air pollution
control in India and throughout the developing world.


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.

Learn more about the Haagen-Smit award at:
https://www.arb.ca.gov/research/hsawards/hsawards.htm

A list of all past award Haagen-Smit winners is available at:
https://www.arb.ca.gov/research/hsawards/winners/winners.htm

Photos of the awards ceremony will be available at:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/airresources/albums/with/72157668306769061


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