April 11, 2011
The day is finally here! The Goldman Environmental Prize is pleased to announce the 2011 recipients. Learn about each recipient by clicking on the links below.
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Today, 52 Goldman Environmental Prize winners sent a letter to the members of the UN Human Rights Council in support of Nguy Thi Khanh, the 2018 Goldman Environmental Prize winner from Vietnam. Khanh is serving a two-year prison sentence in Vietnam for the alleged crime of tax evasion, widely understood as punishment for being an…
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Stopping the Spill: How Oil Is Changing Our Earth
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– By Jacqueline Kehoe
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– By Jacqueline Kehoe
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