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.
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 […]
This month, Greengrants had the rare opportunity to host one of our Southeast Asia advisors right here in Boulder, Colorado.
Global Greengrants Fund and The Goldman Environmental Prize are pleased to announce a new partnership that makes it possible to directly support the amazing work of the 2009 Goldman Environmental Prize recipients. Greengrants is proud to have worked with
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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