Grassroots activists who fought corruption & corporate power share environmental prize

Seven winners of environmental prize include Amazonian river campaigner and Tunisian who fought against organised waste trafficking

Nina Lakhani

Grassroots activists who helped jail corrupt officials and obtain personhood rights for a sacred Amazonian river are among this year’s winners of the world’s most prestigious environmental prize.

The community campaigns led by the seven 2025 Goldman prize winners underscore the courage and tenacity of local activists willing to confront the toxic mix of corporate power, regulatory failures and political corruption that is fuelling biodiversity collapse, water shortages, deadly air pollution and the climate emergency.

This year’s recipients include Semia Gharbi, a scientist and environmental educator from Tunisia, who took on an organised waste trafficking network that led to more than 40 arrests, including 26 Tunisian officials and 16 Italians with ties to the illegal trade….

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/21/goldman-environmental-prize-recognises-activists-fighting-corporate-power-and-political-corruption

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