November 6, 2009—Cool Air-Clean Planet, a science-based, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to finding and promoting solutions to global warming, recently presented its 2009 Climate Champion Awards in Boston, MA.
This year’s award winners include:
- Furman University in Greensville, South Carolina, for its climate action planning model, the breadth of its campus sustainability initiatives, and the visionary leadership in the higher education community of its President, Dr. David Shi;
- SunEdison for its unique business model supporting the development of large scale renewable energy projects;
- Hannaford Supermarkets for opening the world’s first LEED Platinum certified supermarket in Augusta, Maine, and leadership in corporate climate action;
- The Town of Temple, New Hampshire, for its common-sense, citizen-supported efficiency projects, conservation, and continuing education;
- Chewonki Foundation of Wiscasset, Maine, for the quality and level of innovation of its outreach and education efforts;
- Representative Edward J. Markey for leadership in the fight for a more progressive energy strategy in the House of Representatives;
- Dr. Susan F. Tierney, founding board member at CA-CP, former environmental affairs commissioner for Massachusetts, and assistant secretary for policy in the US Department of Energy, for her work in the energy and climate field; and
- Sven-Olof Lindblad, founder of Lindblad Expeditions, for his lifelong commitment to global conservation issues.
For more information visit the Cool Air-Clean Planet Web site.
