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2011 Prize Recipients in the News

April 11, 2011

Check out some of today’s press about the 2011 Goldman Environmental Prize:

April 11, 2011
Major award for rhino conservationist

BBC World Service

April 11, 2011
Awards Season for Environmentalists

New York Times

April 11, 2011
Texan wins ‘Green Nobel’ for cleaning up hometown

San Francisco Chronicle

April 11, 2011
A decade-long fight for Port Arthur

Houston Chronicle

April 11, 2011
Goldman Environmental Prize to be awarded in S.F.

San Francisco Chronicle

April 11, 2011
Goldman Environmental Prize goes to Texas man who took on refineries over pollution

Washington Post

April 11, 2011
Zimbabwe rhino conservationist wins top award
Associated Press

April 11, 2011
Goldman Prize: Zimbabwe’s rhino rescuer honoured
BBC News

April 11, 2011
Six $150,000 Goldman Environmental Prizes Awarded
USA Today

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