Newmont Mining Corporation, the world’s largest gold mining company, recently acquired a 10 percent stake in Canadian company Gabriel Resources’ Rosia Montana project in Romania. Newmont’s financing resuscitates a project that many hoped would be shelved, as Gabriel Resources’ missteps over the past two years appeared to have doomed the project. Global Greengrants Fund has […]
Kabwe, the second largest city in Zambia and for years a center of Africa’s mining industry, is now one of the world’s most poisoned cities.
Von Hernandez, was honored with a 2003 Goldman Environmental Prize, considered to be the Nobel Prize for grassroots environmental leaders, for his work campaigning against waste incineration in the Philippines and beyond. Among his many roles in this struggle, Von is International Co-coordinator of the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives, a Greengrants grantee. […]
Odigha Odigha, founder of Nigeria’s NGO Coalition for the Environment, was honored with a 2003 Goldman Environmental Prize, considered to be the Nobel Prize for grassroots environmental leaders. He was recognized for his part in winning unprecedented protections for Nigeriaís remaining rainforests. For a great article about Odigha and the Goldman Prize visit: Goldman Prize: […]
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