July 15, 2010
Here’s a sampling of some of the major news stories and features that have come out recently about Prize winners from around the world.
July 14, 2010
Saving one of Europe’s treasures
CNN
July 12, 2010
Hidden shame of ship-breaking industry
CNN
July 12, 2010
Fighting the CAFOs
American Public Media’s The Story
July 6, 2010
Fighting Sea of Manure From Factory Farms, Woman Makes Enemies
Bloomberg
June 16, 2010
The Cost of a Fin
American Public Media’s The Story
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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News headlines every few years can leave the impression that oil spills are rare, one-off events, like BP’s Deepwater Horizon spill in 2010 or the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster. In reality, they happen constantly: Over 700 million gallons of waste oil reach the ocean every year, destroying entire ecosystems and communities. Beyond its role in…
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It has now become widely understood in environmental circles that Indigenous groups around the world are often the best stewards of land conservation because of their longstanding cultural, spiritual, and physical connections to their territories. August 9, is UN International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, a day that recognizes the unique role of Indigenous…
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