Sarah Finch, 2026 Goldman Environmental Prize Winner, United Kingdom

Meet Sarah Finch, 2026 Goldman Environmental Prize winner from the United Kingdom! Sarah Finch and the Weald Action Group led a tireless campaign against oil drilling in southeastern England for over a decade, persevering through five years of escalating court battles against one oil development in Surrey until the coalition secured a Supreme Court ruling, in June 2024, that finally forced its shutdown. The resulting “Finch ruling” states that authorities must consider the downstream impacts that fossil fuels will have on the global climate before granting permission to extract them. This legal precedent has already stopped subsequent fossil fuel extraction projects and other industrial development across the UK and could inform EU policy going forward. Discover more about Sarah Finch: https://www.goldmanprize.org/sarah/ Produced for the Goldman Environmental Prize by the Mill Valley Film Group: • Director/Producer – Matt Yamashita • Narrator – Peter Coyote • Director of Photography – Jeff Springer • Writer – Matt Yamashita • Editor – Maya Pisciotto • Field Producer – Michelle Sanders • Sound Design & Mix – Todd Miro • Post-Production Supervisor – Daniel Toman • Colorist – Fabían Aguirre • Archival Footage Courtesy – Weald Action Group Connect with the Goldman Prize! 🌍🏆 • Web: https://www.goldmanprize.org/ • Facebook: https://bit.ly/2Iflsvq • Instagram: https://bit.ly/2GBpwc8 • X (Twitter): https://bit.ly/2O22CAh • Linkedin: https://bit.ly/3YcSjK5 • Subscribe to our Emails: https://bit.ly/2SduvVB #GoldmanPrize