Two winners of the 2018 Goldman Environmental Prize were a team of grassroots activists from South Africa. Their efforts quashed a secret deal between Russia and the South African government to build expensive and wasteful nuclear power plants.
One of Russia's best-known environmental activists has joined the parade of Putin opponents who have left the country. But activist Evgenia Chirikova says she'll continue her work from across the border in Estonia.
The Goldman Environmental Prize is awarded annually to grassroots activists across the globe. This year’s North American recipient works to keep Arctic waters safe for her native Inupiat community and the ecosystem that sustains them.
Diversity is needed for both strong culture and strong agriculture, according to Cuban musician and agricultural scientist Humberto Ríos Labrada.
Appalachian activist Maria Gunnoe wins the Goldman Environmental Prize for her fight against mountaintop removal coal mining.
One of this year's Goldman Environmental Prize winners hails from a poor province in Mozambique where he's using music to raise awareness about the need for toilets and good hygiene.
Hammerskjoeld Simwinga's work to end elephant poaching and promote community development in Zambia has won him this year's Goldman Environmental Prize for Africa.
Former Liberian President and warlord Charles Taylor is on trial for multiple crimes against humanity, and one environmental activist played a role in bringing him to court. Silas Siakor risked his life to expose Liberia's rampant illegal logging practice