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color:#3F7228'>FYI …<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 15, 2009 7:26 AM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Heinz Foundation Announces $1 Million Heinz Awards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT","serif";
color:black'>Teresa Heinz and the Heinz Family Foundation</span></b><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT","serif";
color:black'>Announce $1 Million Heinz Awards</span></b><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT","serif";
color:black'> </span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT","serif";
color:black'>15</span></b><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT","serif";
color:black'>th </span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT","serif";color:black'>annual awards focus on
environmental achievements by 10 Americans</span></b><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT","serif";
color:black'>PITTSBURGH, September 15, 2009 </span></b><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black'>–
Celebrating the noble American ideal that individuals</span><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>have the power and responsibility to change the world for the
better, Teresa Heinz and the Heinz</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>Family Foundation today announced the recipients of the 15</span><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black'>th </span><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black'>annual
Heinz Awards, which this</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>year, focuses singularly on the environment.</span><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>Created to honor U.S. Senator John Heinz, the 2009 Heinz Awards
commemorate the late</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>senator’s long-standing commitment to the environment by bestowing
$100,000 awards to 10</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>individuals whose achievements have helped bring about a cleaner,
greener and more sustainable</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>planet.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>“At this unique time in history, when the environment is more
important than ever to our lives,</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>our economy, our national security and our future, it is only
fitting that we focus exclusively on</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>this critical topic,” said Teresa Heinz, chairman of the Heinz
Family Foundation. “These awards</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>honor those guardians of our future who value our natural
resources, work to remove toxic</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>chemicals from our air and water, and create policies and the new
technology that will ensure a</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>sustainable planet for generations to come. In highlighting the
work of some of our country’s</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>most thoughtful, innovative and creative individuals, we are
pleased to shine a deserving</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>spotlight on their extraordinary achievements.”</span><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>Until this year, the Heinz Awards recognized individual
achievements in five distinct categories</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>– Arts and Humanities, Environment, Human Condition, Public
Policy, and Technology, the</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>Economy and Employment. While this year’s awards focus on the
environment, the nominees</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>were evaluated through the prism of the traditional five Heinz
Awards categories.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>This year’s recipients are:</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT","serif";
color:black'>Robert Berkebile</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black'>, 72, BNIM Architects
(Kansas City, Mo.)</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT","serif";
color:black'>For his green building advocacy and promotion of sustainable
design and planning.</span></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>As the founder of the American Institute of Architects’ (AIA)
National Committee on the</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>Environment, Robert Berkebile has been one of the central forces
behind a new focus on</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>sustainable building that has influenced thousands of architects
and changed the face of green</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>architecture in America. He has devoted himself to improving the
world through his profession,</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>Heinz Awards, embracing the cause of sustainability and
responsible environmental design practices, helping to found both the U.S.
Green Building Council and the Leadership in Energy and Environmental</span><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>Design (LEED) rating system. His sustainable design and planning
projects extend from new</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>developments to several restorative sites along the Mississippi
River including New Orleans.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT","serif";
color:black'>P. Dee Boersma, Ph.D., 62</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black'>, University of Washington
(Seattle, Wash.)</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT","serif";
color:black'>For developing greater understanding of the impact of humans on
marine ecosystems.</span></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT","serif";
color:black'> </span></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>Dee Boersma is honored for her extensive field studies on penguins
and other sea birds which</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>she has used to promote understanding of the human impact on
marine ecosystems and for</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>advocating conservation through education, research and policy.
She considers penguins marine</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>sentinels, at great risk, sounding the alarm on environmental
threats to ocean ecosystems. Her</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>research in Argentina has shown that in the last decade,
climate-induced change has forced the</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>penguins to swim about 25 miles farther during incubation in
search of food. Working with the</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>Wildlife Conservation Society, she provided the data that resulted
in the government moving</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>tanker lanes farther from shore to protect the penguins from
petroleum pollution. She founded</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>and is now the executive editor of </span><i><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT","serif";
color:black'>Conservation </span></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black'>magazine, an award-winning
publication</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>dedicated to conservation science.</span><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT","serif";
color:black'>Christopher B. Field, Ph.D., 56</span></b><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black'>, Carnegie
Institution for Science and Stanford University</span><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>(Stanford, Calif.)</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT","serif";
color:black'>For his leadership and innovation in carbon cycle and climate
science.</span></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT","serif";
color:black'> </span></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>Chris Field receives a Heinz Award for his contributions towards
understanding the impacts of</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>climate change on Earth’s ecosystems as well as for his national
and international leadership in</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>bringing science to the policy process. He has played a critical role
in the emergence of global</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>ecology as a unique discipline, applying it to diverse questions
concerning the scientific</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>foundations for a sustainable future. Dr. Field plays a major role
in the Intergovernmental Panel</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>on Climate Change (IPCC), where he currently co-leads the
international effort on assessing</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>climate change impacts, adaptation and vulnerability.</span><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT","serif";
color:black'>Ashok Gadgil, Ph.D., 58</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black'>, Lawrence Berkeley
National Laboratory and the University of</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>California, Berkeley (Berkeley, Calif.)</span><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT","serif";
color:black'>For his work as an inventor and humanitarian.</span></i><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT","serif";
color:black'> </span></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>Ashok Gadgil is recognized for his work as a researcher, inventor
and humanitarian. He is a</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Berkeley and
leads a group at Lawrence</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>Berkeley National Laboratory that works to understand airflow and
pollutant transport in</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>buildings. The work helps to reduce health risks, improve energy
efficiency and enhance the</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>quality of life in developing countries. Dr. Gadgil is known for
creating simple inventions to</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>solve fundamental problems in developing countries, such as an
inexpensive and reliable water</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>purification system and an improved cook stove for Darfur.</span><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>Heinz Awards,</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT","serif";
color:black'>Chip Giller, 38</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black'>, </span><i><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT","serif";
color:black'>Grist </span></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black'>magazine (Seattle, Wash.)</span><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT","serif";
color:black'>For creating an innovative media platform for delivering
environmental information to new</span></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT","serif";
color:black'>audiences.</span></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT","serif";
color:black'> </span></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>Chip Giller is being honored for founding </span><i><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT","serif";
color:black'>Grist</span></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>, an online media platform devoted to</span><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>environmental news and views. Mr. Giller launched grist.org in
1999 to counter the notion of</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>environmentalists as dour doomsayers and to spread a new, positive
form of green journalism</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>with a humorous twist. In doing so, Mr. Giller established a new
model for delivering</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>independent environmental content free of charge via the web, and
other new-media channels,</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>reporting on everything from climate change to green celebrity
news, and showing how the</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>environment intersects with critical issues like poverty, health
care and economic growth.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT","serif";
color:black'>Deborah Rice, Ph.D., 61</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black'>, Maine Deptartment of
Health and Human Services,</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>Environmental and Occupational Health (Augusta, Maine)</span><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT","serif";
color:black'>For research yielding new understanding about exposure to
toxicants during human</span></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT","serif";
color:black'>development.</span></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT","serif";
color:black'> </span></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>Deborah Rice is chosen as a Heinz Award laureate for her research
into neurotoxicology, the</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>study of the interactions of chemicals within the brain and
nervous system. Her seminal work</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>has created enhanced understanding of the potential impact of
toxicants on human development,</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>demonstrating that early exposure to major environmental
pollutants – lead, methylmercury and</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>PCBs – can plant the seeds for later deficits in cognitive,
sensory and motor function. Dr. Rice’s</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>work has also led to national and state policies that regulate
exposure to developmental</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>toxicants.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT","serif";
color:black'>Joel Salatin, 52</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black'>, Polyface Farm (Swoope,
Va.)</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT","serif";
color:black'>For creating alternative, environmentally friendly farming
techniques.</span></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT","serif";
color:black'> </span></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>Joel Salatin, farmer, author and lecturer, is honored for creating
alternative, environmentally</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>friendly farming techniques, spawning a movement towards local,
sustainable agriculture that</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>has been replicated by family farms around the country. Mr.
Salatin has developed a new</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>paradigm for sustainable agriculture by successfully challenging
the commercial production of</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>chickens and beef by food industry giants of the 1970s. His
pioneering agricultural practices</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>inextricably and beautifully interweave a food system with the
land and have been embraced by</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>farmers throughout the country.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT","serif";
color:black'>Kirk R. Smith, Ph.D., 62</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black'>, University of
California, Berkeley, (Berkeley, Calif.)</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT","serif";
color:black'>For exposing the relationships among household air pollution, fuel
use, climate and health.</span></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT","serif";
color:black'> </span></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>Kirk Smith’s research documents the dangerous relationships among
household fuels, public</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>health and climate. Dr. Smith was the first to recognize and
quantify the magnitude of the</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>pollution exposure received by the poorest women and children in
developing countries as a</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>result of cooking indoors with solid (wood, coal or other biomass)
fuels. He has pioneered ways</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>to measure and compare the effects, showing both the tremendous
costs of ignoring the problems</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>of indoor air pollution and pointing the way to inexpensive
solutions for protecting health and</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>Heinz Awards,climate. Throughout his career, Dr. Smith has advised
major international organizations, such as the World Health Organization, and
is routinely cited by other scientists who use his work as a</span><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>standard.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT","serif";
color:black'>Thomas Smith, 59</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black'>, Public Citizen – Texas
(Austin, Texas)</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT","serif";
color:black'>For his advocacy of wind and solar energy efficiency.</span></i><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT","serif";
color:black'> </span></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>Thomas “Smitty” Smith is honored for his work as one of the most
effective renewable energy</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>advocates in Texas. He has been an essential player in the key
pieces of legislation that have</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>addressed both energy efficiency and the development of renewable
sources of energy. His work</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>in crafting and passing the Texas Renewable Portfolio Standard
(RPS) is now being adopted in</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>other parts of the country and has made Texas a leader in wind
energy creation, putting it on the</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>path to lead in solar energy as well. Since 1985, Mr. Smith has
served as director of the Texas</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>state office of Public Citizen, a consumer and environmental group
active in areas concerning</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>energy, environment and other socio-economic issues.</span><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT","serif";
color:black'>Beverly H. Wright, Ph.D., 61</span></b><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black'>, Deep South Center
for Environmental Justice (New Orleans,</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>La.)</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT","serif";
color:black'>For her work as an environmental justice advocate.</span></i><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT","serif";
color:black'> </span></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>A leading scholar on and advocate for environmental justice,
Beverly Wright is honored for her</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>work on behalf of communities, especially those in Louisiana’s
“Cancer Alley.” As head of the</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>Deep South Center for Environmental Justice at Dillard University
in New Orleans, she has been</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>tackling issues of environmental racism and is working to raise
the profile of environmental</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>issues in poor and minority communities nationwide. For more than
two decades, she has</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>directed numerous grassroots, community-initiated programs and
provided opportunities for</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>communities, scientific researchers and decision makers to
collaborate on programs and projects</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>that promote the rights of everyone to be free from environmental
harm.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>* * *</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>Mrs. Heinz said today: “The notion that our environment is indeed
threatened and needs</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>collective action to fix has, thankfully, for the most part been
won. People are now seeing the</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>true link between them and their surroundings, bypassing and
dissolving traditional categories</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>and labels. It is a real step, but still only the first one. The
sense of urgency so many of us share</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>to heal what’s broken and to right what’s been wrong will not
diminish in the years to come. It</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>is growing stronger every day in large part due to the amazing
people we are honoring this year.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>They are builders, farmers, inventors,—a new breed of smart,
gritty and enlightened people who</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>are connecting the dots for us all and showing us the new path to
a better, more sustainable</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>environment.”</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>“The Heinz Awards seeks to find those individuals who are quietly
and boldly working to</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>improve this world. Our recipients this year have already
accomplished so much, but there is</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>still important work left to do. This year’s recipients give me
great hope that a transformation is</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>underway, that it will continue and that it will grow and
ultimately succeed in preserving our</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>common home.”</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT","serif";
color:black'>About the Heinz Family Foundation</span></b><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT","serif";
color:black'> </span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>The Heinz Family Foundation, one of the Heinz Family
Philanthropies, began as a charitable</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>trust established by the late U.S. Senator John Heinz. His widow,
Teresa Heinz, established the</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>Heinz Awards in 1993 to honor and sustain the legacy of her late
husband. The awards recognize</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>exceptional leadership and accomplishments in areas of special
interest to Senator Heinz. “The</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>most important investments – and the most profitable,” he once
said, “are investments in</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>people.”</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>In addition to the Heinz Awards, the foundation directs a
grant-making program that is active in</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>a wide range of issues, principally those concerning women’s
health and environment, health</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>care costs and coverage, as well as pensions and retirement
security.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>Nominations for the Heinz Awards are submitted by an invited
Council of Nominators, all</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>experts in their fields, who serve anonymously. Award recipients
are selected by the board of</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>directors for the Heinz Awards upon recommendation by a
blue-ribbon panel of jurors.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>Past recipients of Heinz Awards include author Dave Eggers,
medical anthropologist Paul</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>Farmer, “environmental watchdog” Thomas FitzGerald, marine
biologist Jane Lubchenco, Paul</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>Anastas, a leader in the “green chemistry movement,” and physicist
John Holdren, who is now</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy in the
Executive Office of the President.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>In addition to the $100,000 award for their unrestricted use,
recipients are presented with a</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>medallion inscribed with the image of Senator Heinz on one side
and a rendering of a globe</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>passing between two hands on the other. The Heinz Awards will be
presented at a private</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>ceremony in Washington, D.C. on October 28.</span><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";
color:black'>Additional information about </span><b><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT","serif";
color:black'>Teresa Heinz</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black'>, the </span><b><span
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color:black'>Heinz Family Foundation </span></b><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black'>and each of the</span><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT","serif";
color:black'>recipients </span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black'>is available online </span><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:blue'><a
href="http://www.heinzawards.net/">www.heinzawards.net</a> </span><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black'>or
by request to <a href="mailto:jnewman@hodgespart.com">jnewman@hodgespart.com</a>.</span><span
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