29-year-old Indigenous activist Murrawah Johnson wins Goldman Environmental Prize for blocking Australia's Carmichael coal mine.

29-year-old Murrawah Johnson, a Wirdi woman of the Burra Gubba nation, has been awarded the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize for her grassroots activism against the Carmichael coal mine in Australia. As a co-founder of Youth Verdict, Johnson led a successful campaign that won a landmark legal case to block a major coalmine in the Galilee Basin, preventing the release of 1.58 billion metric tons of CO2. Johnson emphasizes the importance of Indigenous peoples being at the forefront of creating change to protect their land and culture from the destructive impacts of climate change and mining.

April 29, 2024
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