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ACC gives out its highest honor

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—The American Chemistry Council (ACC) has presented its highest honor, the Responsible Care Company of the Year Award, to two member Companies: Celanese Corporation and Ethyl Corporation.

This award recognizes those member companies that have enhanced and embraced the Responsible Care ethic of performance improvement and sustainability throughout their company.

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UNEP awards Champions of the Earth

NEW YORK/NAIROBI – Mexican President Felipe Calderon, global music legend Angélique Kidjo and adventurer Louis Palmer are among the five winners of the 2011 ChampionsoftheEarth awards, the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) announced.

The full list of the 2011 Champions of the Earth is:

• Policy Leadership: President Felipe Calderon (Mexico) for commitment to lead international efforts to combat climate change
• Science and Innovation: Dr. Olga Speranskaya (Russia) for successfully mobilizing civil society in eliminating obsolete pesticides and toxic chemicals in the former Soviet region.
• Entrepreneurial Vision: BROAD Group/Zhang Yue (China) for business leadership on energy efficiency and sustainable production.
• Inspiration and Action: Louis Palmer (Switzerland) for raising global awareness of the need for renewable energy and sustainable transport and Angélique Kidjo (Benin) for advocacy on social equity and women empowerment in support of sustainable development

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Student competitors win award

MEDFORD, Mass.—Three teams of Tufts University graduate students have each won $10,000 from the Dow Sustainability Innovation Student Challenge Award program for their research into solutions to some of the world’s most urgent challenges, including access to clean water, development of renewable energy, and the creation of ‘green’ medical technologies.

Dow Chemical Corp. started a global competition in 2009 to spark research into sustainability-related issues with global impacts. Award winners are selected through a peer review process by participating universities which include Cambridge University, Northwestern University, Peking University, the University of California at Berkeley, University of Michigan, and the University of Sao Paolo.

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Faculty wins awards

BLOOMINGTON, Ind.—Two Sustainability Course Development Fellowships have been awarded to Indiana University Bloomington faculty by the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs.

This year’s recipients are Catherine Tucker, associate professor, Department of Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences, with “Exploring the Challenges of Sustainability: Ecology & Society”; and Scott Shackelford, assistant professor, Department of Business Law and Ethics, Kelley School of Business, with “Sustainability Law & Policy.”

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Canada gives energy awards

ONTARIO—The Ontario Power Authority is one of the winners of the 2011 ENERGY STAR Market Transformation Awards, which recognize leadership in marketing a wide range of energy-efficient products, technologies and services. In total, ten organizations were celebrated for their excellence in promoting ENERGY STAR-qualified products in Canada.

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EPA library wins award

WASHINGTON— The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s National Library Network has been named Federal Library/Information Center of the Year by the Library of Congress.

The award recognizes outstanding, innovative, and sustained achievements during fiscal year 2010 by a federal library or information center. EPA’s library network is an essential information partner with EPA staff and the public to support transparency, decision making, environmental awareness, and protection of people’s health and the environment. 

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