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Landmark Case against Texaco for Amazon Pollution Nears End

Sixteen years after the lawsuit was first filed by Ecuadoran residents of the Amazon rainforest against Texaco—now owned by Chevron—for polluting their lands and waters, the end is finally in sight. At stake is the largest damages award for an environmental case in history—more than $27 billion.

Moving Towards DDT-Free: Uganda and Beyond

As reported in a recent Reuters article, the United Nations has announced a plan to rid the world of DDT by 2020.

The Story of Stuff Makes the Headlines

Annie Leonard, one of the founders of Greengrants’ India Advisory Board and longtime member of the Greengrants network, is gaining fame for her video entitled ‘The Story of Stuff.’

Afro-Colombians and Indigenous Groups Caught in the Crossfire

The state of Chocó, in northwestern Colombia, is one of the rainiest spots in the world, a jungle haven with high biodiversity. Bordering both the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans, this natural resource-rich state is also marked by some of the highest poverty rates in the country. It is to this unique region that colonizers […]

Greengrants Grantees Win 2009 Goldman Environmental Prize

Global Greengrants Fund is pleased to congratulate the recipients of this year’s Goldman Environmental Prize – including Greengrants grantees Olga Speranskaya, Marc Ona Essangui, Wanze Eduards, and Hugo Jabini. The winners of the 2009 prize are being honored.

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