http://www.metafilter.com/32579/The-Goldman-Prize/ Comments on MetaFilter post The Goldman Prize Mon, 19 Apr 2004 19:35:30 -0800 Mon, 19 Apr 2004 19:35:30 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/32579/The-Goldman-Prize <a href="http://www.goldmanprize.org/">The Goldman Environmental Prize</a> has been awarded to seven people. Sometimes considered the Nobel prize for the environment, it's given to people from six regions of the world, each winning $125,000. <a href=http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/04/19/BAGT3676UG1.DTL>The winners</a> include Margie Richard of <a href=http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2002/fenceline/>Norco</a>, Louisiana, and Rashida Bee and Champa Devi Shukla from <a href=http://www.bhopal.net/index.php>Bhopal</a>, India, who have respectively fought two of the world's largest chemical companies for justice following chemical plant leaks in their towns (the Bhopal accident killed 20,000 people.) post:www.metafilter.com,2004:site.32579 Mon, 19 Apr 2004 12:40:41 -0800 homunculus goldmanenvironmentalprize eonvironment prize margierichard bhopal http://www.metafilter.com/32579/The-Goldman-Prize#657528 my wife is at the reception right now. I will give the mefi nation a full accounting of the victuals. comment:www.metafilter.com,2004:site.32579-657528 Mon, 19 Apr 2004 19:35:30 -0800 pejamo http://www.metafilter.com/32579/The-Goldman-Prize#657550 this is great...and totally fill us in, pejamo. comment:www.metafilter.com,2004:site.32579-657550 Mon, 19 Apr 2004 20:00:06 -0800 amberglow