"The 2026 Prize winners are proof positive that courage, hard work, and hope go a long way toward creating meaningful progress."
"Yuvelis Morales Blanco fought some of the world's biggest oil companies to successfully stop the introduction of commercial fracking into Colombia."
"We had nothing but the river; she was like a mother who took care of me, she said, referring to the Magdalena River."
The 2026 Goldman Environmental Prize recognized six women from Colombia, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, South Korea, the UK, and the US for their environmental activism. This marks the first all-women cohort since the prize's inception in 1989. Each winner received $200,000 for their contributions to fighting climate change and preserving biodiversity. John Goldman emphasized the importance of grassroots leadership in environmental protection, highlighting the courage and dedication of these activists in creating meaningful progress against climate challenges.
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