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Brazil: Antônia Melo, long-time environmental defender of Xingu, wins Alexander Soros Foundation Award for her fight against the construction of Belo Monte dam
Author: Conectas Direitos Humanos (Brazil)
"Inspirational struggle-Antônia Melo, long-time environmental defender of Xingu, wins Alexander Soros Foundation Award", 10 October 2017Antônia Melo da Silva, a Brazilian environmental activist known for her work as general coordinator of the Xingu Fo...
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Author: Conectas Direitos Humanos (Brazil)
"Luta inspiradora-Antônia Melo, histórica defensora ambiental do Xingu, recebe prêmio da Fundação Alexander Soros", 10 de outubro de 2017 Antônia Melo da Silva, ativista ambiental brasileira historicamente reconhecida pelo seu trabalho enquanto coorde...
Niger: Almoustapha Alhacen is 2017 Laureate of Nuclear-Free Future for fighting against human rights abuses & negative health impacts of uranium mining
Author: Nuclear-Free Future
Almoustapha Alhacen, a Tuareg, worked until recently at the French-owned Areva uranium mine in Arlit, Niger. When he saw how his sick and dying co-workers were ignored by the company, and how the environment was affected, he founded the NGO, Aghirin...
- Related companies: Orano (formerly Areva)
Author: RFI
"Uranium au Niger: un défenseur de l'environnement récompensé par un prix", 19 septembre 2017...
- Related companies: Orano (formerly Areva)
Author: Redacção Voa, VOA-Serviço em Português para África
"Leonardo Sakamoto recebe prémio por luta contra tráfico humano-Jornalista e blogueiro brasileiro e mais oito activistas foram distinguidos pelo Departamento de Estado americano", 27 de junho de 2017...
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Author: AFP et BFM TV (France)
« L'écolo slovène qui a fait plier le cimentier Lafarge », 5 juin 2017...
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- Related companies: Lafarge (part of LafargeHolcim) LafargeHolcim
Author: Lusa/Maka Angola (Angola)
“Rafael Marques de Morais homenageado pelo National Endowment for Democracy”, 6 de junho de 2017...
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mark! Lopez, 2017 Goldman Prize Recipient for North America
Author: Goldman Prize
In LA’s Eastside…residents bear the brunt of the region’s pollution, with heavy cargo traffic…and industrial plants operating…Among these facilities was an aging battery recycling plant, which had been in operation since 1922 with minimal updates and...
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Rodrigue Mugaruka Katembo 2017 Goldman Prize Recipient for Africa
In 2010, the Congolese government sold SOCO International, a British oil company, the right to explore for oil in an area known as Block V, about half of which extends into…a World Heritage Site…Rodrigue Katembo, 41, is a Congolese park ranger who grew...
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- Related companies: SOCO International
Uroš Macerl, 2017 Goldman Prize Recipient for Europe
Author: Goldman Prize
Uroš Macerl, 48, is the president of Eko Krog and an organic farmer whose family farm sits on the outskirts of the Lafarge plant….Many farmers suffered huge losses as industrial pollution wiped out the three most vital elements of their livelihood:...
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