Goldman Environmental Prize

The New World Bank President's First Night

Carl Pope | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Environment, Argentina, Goldman Environmental Prize, Kenya, Sierra Club, World Bank, World Bank Development, Coal Power, Green News
Carl Pope

The kinds of "big" development schemes that come most easily to the World Bank often bring with them nominal increases in gross domestic product, but only do so by degrading natural and community systems on which billions of people depend.

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Kenyan Dam Fighter to Receive Goldman Prize

Peter Bosshard | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Rivers, Ethiopia, Kenya, Grassroots, World Bank, Green News, Environment, Hydropower, International Rivers, Goldman Environmental Prize, Goldman Prize, Green News
Peter Bosshard

Ikal Angelei receives the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize today. She is defending the interests of 500,000 poor indigenous people against a destructive hydropower dam, and has successfully taken on many of the world's biggest dam builders and financiers.

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Losing a Friend

Carl Pope | Posted 11.27.2011

Read More: Nobel Peace Prize, Goldman Environmental Prize, Wangari Maathai, Green News
Carl Pope

Wangari Maathai died Sunday in Kenya. I have lost a dear friend, but the world has lost an amazing champion.

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In Memoriam: Judy Bonds, MTR Activist and Superstar

David Novack | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Climate Change, Marsh-Fork-Elementary, Judy Bonds, Mountaintop Removal, Coal, The Washington Post, Goldman Environmental Prize, Mtr, Bo Webb, Green News
David Novack

Judy Bonds will always be loved by the growing masses who have cheered her work -- and who now cheer her journey on.

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'Green Nobel' Environmental Prize Creator Dies Of Natural Causes

AP | JASON DEAREN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Richard Goldman Dead, Goldman Environmental Prize, Richard Goldman, Green Nobel Prize, Richard Goldman Dies, Green News

SAN FRANCISCO — Richard Goldman, a San Francisco philanthropist who created the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize to reward grass roots ac...

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Earth Day™ -- Tastes Great, Less Filling

Erich Pica | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tar Sands, Oil Spill, Earth Day, Greenwashing, Grassroots, Greenwashing Companies, Goldman Environmental Prize, British Petroleum, Climate Change, Chevron, Clean Air Act, Shell Oil, Climate Bill, Offshore Drilling, Home News
Erich Pica

On Earth Day, President Obama asked us to remember Senator Gaylord Nelson, the founder of Earth Day. But as Nelson himself admitted, he wasn't the on...

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WATCH: Youth Tell Their Environmental Nightmares

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Youth Radio, Environment, Climate Change, Goldman Environmental Prize, Earth Day, Earth Day 2010, Global Warming, Teenagers, Green News
Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

Originally published on Youthradio.org, the premier source for youth generated news throughout the globe. By Larry Coney, Sam Fuller, Dawit Gebrehme...

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