Craig Williams of Berea is one of several winners of the 2006 Goldman Environmental Awards, which has been described as the equivalent of the Nobel Prize for grassroots environmentalists.

Williams is being recognized for his work in convincing the Pentagon not to incinerate chemical weapons stored at the depot.

Instead, Williams has built a coalition that lobbies for safer disposal methods.

The $125,000 Goldman environmental prize, now in its 17th year, is awarded annually to six grassroots environmental heroes, and is the largest award of its kind in the world.

Williams says he wouldn't be winning anything without the people who work at the grassroots organization.  But he's won international praise before.

A decorated Vietnam veteran, he co-founded the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation, which won the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize for its international campaign to ban landmines.