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2008 Goldman Environmental Prize Winners Pablo Fajardo Mendoza and Luis Yanza Battle the Oil Giants : TreeHugger

posted by Ian Wilker on May 20, 2008

tags:
ecuador, amazon, heroes, oil, pollution, environmentaljustice

Texaco (later bought by Chevron) allegedly dumped nearly 17 million gallons of crude oil and 20 billion gallons of drilling wastewater directly into the Ecuadorian Amazon between 1964 and 1990. Pablo Fajardo Mendoza and Luis Yanza fought back.

NY Times: Choking on Growth - Articles/multimedia examining the human toll, global impact and political challenge of China’s pollution crisis.

posted by Ian Wilker on August 31, 2007

tags:
china, pollution, globalwarming, globaleconomy, greatjournalism, journalism

Hard-hitting NY Times articles and multimedia examining the human toll, global impact and political challenge of China’s epic pollution crisis. Click on the video link entitled "The Real Cost" for a terrific video featuring NRDC's own Alex Wang.

Ian Wilker
Ian Wilker
NRDC alumnus
Asheville, NC
I was website managing editor at NRDC for six years, through the end of 2006....
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