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Sharon Lavigne has lived in the same house in ... Lavigne was just named the North American recipient of the 2021 Goldman Environmental Prize. (Photo by Halle Parker, Times-Picayune | New Orleans ...
James Parish environmental activist Sharon ... The TIME100 honor is only the latest for Lavigne. She was given the prestigious Goldman Prize in 2021 for her activism in opposing the Formosa ...
Led by Sharon Lavigne, 2021’s Goldman Environmental Prize winner, Rise St. James galvanized community opposition and successfully defeated the construction of a $1.25 billion plastics ...
The Goldman Prize, a prestigious annual environmental award, was set to be presented to seven winners at a ceremony in San Francisco on Monday evening. This year’s overseas winners come from ...
From stopping coal plants in Japan to pushing the Malawi government to ban thin plastics, the six winners of this year's Goldman Environmental Prize show how much climate progress is made by ...
she successfully led the campaign to stop it from being built. Sharon has been awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize for her work.
This year marks the 34th anniversary of the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize, which honors one grassroots activist from each of the six inhabited continents. The 2023 prize winners are ...
Today, Kizilkaya was awarded the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize for his work to protect the ocean. The annual award is given to six grassroots environmental leaders, each working in a ...
Sharon Lavigne has lived in the same house in St. James Parish for 36 years. The 20 acres of land was her grandfather’s, surrounded by sugar cane and soybean fields.