MAY 2005 ISSUE
Emerald Foundation Lists Awards Finalists
Major APEGGA permit holders are on the list of finalists in the 14th Annual Emerald Awards, proving an active environmental ethic is a big part of doing business in Alberta. The APEGGA professions, in fact, are represented throughout the finalists, from university research projects to watershed work.
Roger Creasey, an environmental specialist and manager with Shell Canada Ltd., is a finalist in corporate or institutional leadership in the awards, which each year recognize outstanding environmental projects and efforts. In the large business category, Ainsworth Engineered Canada LP of Grand Prairie, Enbridge Inc. of Calgary and Imperial Oil Resources of Cold Lake are finalists.
The University of Alberta Faculty of Engineering is listed for research and innovation, a category that also includes Syncrude Canada Ltd. of Fort McMurray.
Under climate change, NAIT is a finalist for its Fuel Cell Applied Research Project, and so is the City of Calgary for its EnviroSmart Streetlights Residential Retrofit Project.
Under government institutions, the City of Edmonton is a finalist for its Mill Creek Roper Pond, and the City of Calgary for Calgary Wetland Conservation Plan. The Town of Canmore is listed as well.
The University of Calgary Environmental Science Program is a finalist in the education, school or classroom, category.
The Alberta Foundation for Environmental Excellence was founded in the fall of 1991 to recognize the outstanding initiative and leadership Albertans are demonstrating in the face of many environmental challenges. The foundation created the Emerald Awards to celebrate these achievements.
Winners in each category will be announced June 7 at the Emerald Awards Ceremony and Reception, starting at 5:30 at the EPCOR Centre for the Performing Arts in Calgary.