NEWS RELEASE

Finalists announced for the 12th Annual Emerald Awards

6 May 2003

For Immediate Release

Edmonton: A total of 32 Alberta individuals, businesses and organizations from around the province have been selected as finalists for the 2003 Emerald Awards. These awards recognize Albertans for outstanding achievements in projects which protect, preserve, enhance and sustain the environment. The finalists in the 11 categories are:

Small Business

• Airborne Pollution Control Inc. - Flue Gas Desulphurization - Calgary
• BioGem Power Systems - Livestock Manure to Generate Electric Power - Ponoka
• Mariah Energy Corp. - Heat PlusPower™ System: Small-Scale Clean Heat and Power (CHP) Optimization for Improved Energy Efficiency and Reduced Emissions - Calgary
• Morningside Rose Gardens Ltd. - Combined Heat and Power "CHP" Project - Lacombe

Large Business:

• BP Canada Energy Company and the Nature Conservancy of Canada: A Natural Partnership
• Daishowa-Marubeni International Inc. - EMEND Ecosystem Management Emulating Natural Disturbances- Peace River
• Newalta Corporation - Western Canada's Best Kept Environmental Secret - Calgary

Corporate or Institutional Leadership

• Don Klym, Suncor Energy Inc. - Fort McMurray.
• Lionel Peel, - TELUS Communications Inc. - Kananaskis G8 Environmental Reclamation Plan

Community Group

• Cochrane Branches & Banks - Habitat Restoration Project
• Lethbridge Rattlesnake Conservation Program

Individual Commitment

• Pat & Dick Clayton: Commitment to Service - Edmonton
• Andy Hofer - Iron Creek Hutterite Colony Bio-Digester - Holden
• Jim Thorsell - Contributions to International Conservation - Banff
  

Education: School or Classroom

• Clive School - "Animal Farms of Today" - Lacombe County
• Ecole William Reid - L'entrée au paradis - A Piece of Paradise, A Schoolyard Naturalization Project - Calgary

Education: Other Organization

• Fish Creek Environmental Learning Centre - Calgary
• Lesser Slave Forest Education Society - Forest Resource Education in the Lesser Slave Forest Region - Slave Lake
• Sunpine Forest Products Ltd. - Des Crossley
• Demonstration Forest Education Project - Sundre

Not-for-Profit Association

• Alberta Conservation Association - Buffalo Lake Moraine Conservation Project
• Boreal Caribou Committee - Vegreville
• North Saskatchewan Watershed Alliance - Promoting Sustainable Collaborative Approaches to Watershed Management - Edmonton
• Wood Buffalo Environmental Association - Listening to the Community To Develop Effective Environmental Monitoring - Fort McMurray

Government Institutions

• Calgary Fire Department - Environmental Programs
• City of Airdrie - Environmental Education Centre
• City of Edmonton - BNR Retrofit Project
• City of Edmonton - North Division Police Station

Research & Innovation

• Alberta Conservation Association - The Northern Watershed Project
• Alberta Research Council - Native Plant Development Team - Vegreville

Climate Change

• Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries Inc. - Greenhouse Gases Reduction Program - Boyle
• City of Calgary, ROADS
• KeySpan Energy Canada - Geologic Sequestration of CO2 - Calgary

Recipients of the Emerald Award in each category will be announced at the 12th Annual Emerald Awards Ceremony to be held on Wednesday, 11th June 2003, at the EPCOR Centre for the Performing Arts, Calgary.

Tickets, which cost $35, are available from the Emerald Awards Office at (780) 413-9629 in Edmonton, or toll-free throughout Alberta at 1-800-219-8329, or by visiting http://www.emeraldawards.com

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For more information, contact:
Becky Vander Steen, Emerald Awards
(780) 413-9629 or 1-800-219-8329
info@emeraldawards.com
www.emeraldawards.com