The 6 Winners of the Green Nobel Prize were just announced!

The 6 winners of the "Green Nobel Prize" were announced, and for the first time in the award's history, they're all women! One winner was picked from each region of the world so let's see who won in yours. In Alaska, Alannah Acaq Hurley helped block a massive mining project to protect Bristol Bay , home to 50 million wild salmon, and one of the last intact ecosystems of its kind. In Nigeria, Iroro Tanshi protected an endangered bat species by building a community wildfire-prevention network that now keeps over 1,000 hectares of forest safe. In South Korea, Borim Kim led Asia's first successful youth-driven climate lawsuit, a ruling that could prevent up to 2 billion tons of CO₂, roughly three years of the country's entire emissions, from entering our atmosphere. In Papua New Guinea, Theonila Roka Matbob held mining giant Rio Tinto accountable for dumping 150,000 tons of toxic waste a day from the abandoned Panguna mine. Sarah Finch took an oil company to the Supreme Court — and won! Forcing the UK to account for ALL the damage a fossil fuel project causes and it’s already blocking the dirtiest projects from getting off the ground. And in Colombia, Yuvelis Morales Blanco helped stop commercial fracking after an oil spill devastated her community. Her youth movement drove the court rulings that blocked the projects for good. Which story was your favourite? #goodnews #conservation #wildlife

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