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Coming Soon to a Festival Near You 23 Aug 2013 | 04:09 am
The summer blockbuster season may be coming to a close, but the autumn film festival season is just getting started. Get ready to be inspired and check out the documentary film The New Environmentalis...
Shell Catches Heat for Controversial Tactics in Ireland 21 Aug 2013 | 02:28 am
For nearly a decade Shell has been trying to build an oil pipeline through the heart of Rossport, Ireland, which would cut through private property, jeopardize the area’s delicate bog ecosystem and th...
This is Iraq's First National Park 16 Aug 2013 | 03:43 am
News Date: 2013-08-15 15:43 News Outlet: Fast Company News Link: http://www.fastcoexist.com/3015695/this-is-iraqs-first-national-park
Rosia Montana Once Again Threatened by Gold Mine 16 Aug 2013 | 03:29 am
In 2005, Stephanie Roth was awarded the Goldman Prize for leading an international campaign to stop construction of Europe's largest open cast gold mine near the historic Romanian town of Rosia Montan...
Doug Goldman Asks Korean President to Pardon Choi Yul 14 Aug 2013 | 03:03 am
Continuing efforts to support past Goldman Prize winners under duress, Douglas E. Goldman, President of the Goldman Environmental Foundation, recently sent a letter to the President of South Korea ask...
Jorge Varela Comes Out of Retirement 9 Aug 2013 | 02:50 am
1999 Goldman Prize recipient Jorge Varela recently announced that he is coming out of retirement to head up Honduras’ Association of Fisherfolk of the Gulf of Fonseca (APAGOLF) as executive director. ...
Shark Week Spotlight on Randall Arauz 7 Aug 2013 | 03:15 am
Randall Arauz was awarded the Goldman Prize in 2010 for the role he played in drawing international attention to the inhumane and environmentally catastrophic shark finning industry in Costa Rica and ...
New Iraqi National Park May Be a Game Changer 1 Aug 2013 | 04:09 am
News Date: 2013-07-31 16:08 News Outlet: National Geographic News Link: http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2013/07/31/new-iraqi-national-park-may-be-a-game-changer/
Cross-Border Water Conflicts on the Rise 31 Jul 2013 | 04:03 am
2012 Goldman Prize recipient Ikal Angelei recently shared a link to a stirring video posted on the Yale e360 blog about the struggle between nomadic herdsman in southern Ethiopia and northern Kenya- w...
Mesopotamian Marshlands Officially Recognized as Iraq’s First National Park 26 Jul 2013 | 12:31 am
Congratulations to 2013 Goldman Environmental Prize recipient Azzam Alwash and his team at Nature Iraq, who are celebrating a huge victory this week, following the announcement that the Mesopotamian M...
