2011 Heinz Award Winners Work For Environmental Solutions

From The Daily Green:

The 17th annual Heinz Awards were announced this week, with the awarding of $100,000 each to 10 individuals who are working toward real and inspirational solutions for environmental problems. It's one of the most prestigious prizes of its kind. Past recipients have included NASA climate scientist (and advocate) James Hansen, Amory Lovins, chief scientist of the Rocky Mountain Institute, and journalist Elizabeth Kolbert.

"At a time when so much of our public discourse is about constraints and the limits of possibility, these men and women offer an inspiring reminder that change always comes from those who see past today's boundaries to a world of new possibilities and new discoveries," said Teresa Heinz, chairman of the Heinz Family Foundation. "Their ingenuity and persistence is a refreshing reminder of America's can-do spirit, which is as alive today in innovators like this as it has ever been. They offer us practical, real-world ideas for how to protect our environment, and their innovative spirit offers us a powerful and much-needed antidote to the idea that our country is no longer capable of greatness."

This year's winners are:

Photos and captions courtesy of the Heinz Awards.

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Comments

[liberalluke]

12:18 AM on 09/18/2011

Solar has been around since the 60's how much longer is needed to make it an alternative, cost effective source?

[trumphent]

09:47 AM on 09/17/2011

I'm a big fan of Dr. Richard Alley. He, and Ben Santer destroyed Patrick Michaels in a Congressional hearing a few months ago. Alley used his bald spot to represent the polar ice cap while demonstrating the Milankovitch principles.

[zcgreentea]

03:56 PM on 09/16/2011

@givemtheirwish
Have you ever considered arguing against a point using factual information ?
I guess you're right, I mean, who believes in science or common sense......

[Corey Leamon]

02:29 PM on 09/16/2011

HuffPo, goddam, fix the leading in the slideshow. It's so awful I don't want to read any of it.

[givemtheirwish]

10:51 AM on 09/16/2011

Green Jobs; now we all know why they're referred to as "GREEN JOBS". It takes a substantial amount of "GREEN" in the form of almost $4m per job (as in the case of Solyndra-Gate) of taxpayer's cash.

Solyndra Scandal Ends Green Jobs Myth

President Barack Obama's solution for America's unemployment woes has been a stubborn campaign to spend hundreds of billions of dollars on economic "stimulus"--much of it on so-called "green jobs." Report after report has shown the approach to be a total failure. And now, a new scandal involving Solyndra, a bankrupt solar panel company in California, should be the final nail in the coffin for the government’s meddling in the free market.

"[W]e can see the positive impacts [of the stimulus] right here at Solyndra," Obama claimed when he spoke at the company's newly unveiled factory in May of last year. He was correct that the results of his stimulus would be on display at that factory. But he was wrong that those results would be positive. Little more than a year later, the company has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and plans to lay off more than 1,000 employees.
[READ ON]
http://links.heritage.org/ct/6716824:9836916203:m:1:142064645:F7D3264D24632B145147236B367994B0:r

[20thCentury Man]

12:14 PM on 09/16/2011

Of course if that money had been spent on deathrow executions, you would not be yapping about it.

[givemtheirwish]

12:21 PM on 09/16/2011

Much prefer it'd be spent on drilling in ANWAR, the GULF & fracking us to energy independence. But that's just me..................................

[Corey Leamon]

02:28 PM on 09/16/2011

There has not been ONE major source of energy in the country that hasn't been boosted by government buying power. Were you around to complain about the rest?