SACRAMENTO,CA-The California Air Resources Board on June 21 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. Indian-American Dr V. “Ram” Ramanathan, Distinguished Professor, Climate and Atmospheric Sciences, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego and...
Anumita Roychowdhury, Executive Director, Centre for Science and Environment, India were among the recipients.
Considered the “Nobel Prize” in air quality achievement, 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. 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.
Roychowdhury is being recognized for her notable work on a suite of emission control strategies to mitigate severe air pollution.Her most recent policy victory was the national adoption of sweeping new emission standards for cars, trucks, buses, two-wheelers and three-wheelers. She remains a central force in air pollution control in India and throughout the developing world.
Considered the “Nobel Prize” in air quality achievement, 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. 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.
Roychowdhury is being recognized for her notable work on a suite of emission control strategies to mitigate severe air pollution.Her most recent policy victory was the national adoption of sweeping new emission standards for cars, trucks, buses, two-wheelers and three-wheelers. She remains a central force in air pollution control in India and throughout the developing world.
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