Tag: Climate Justice

Interview with Lucille Apis Overhoff, New Greengrants Advisor

Greengrants’ new Pacific Islands advisor brings a broad range of experience as environmental activist, administrator and scholar, but also a lifetime of respect for “kepikipik kan ” — “the gift of creation.”

Anwar Fazal Wins Gandhi-King-Ikeda Peace Award

Former Greengrants board member Anwar Fazal has been named a recipient of the Gandhi-King-Ikeda Award from Morehouse College.

Environmental Groups Win a Major Legal Battle in New Caledonia

On June 14, residents of New Caledonia won a major victory against a multinational nickel mining project when an administrative tribunal in Noum©a cancelled the mine’s license for operation.

Greengrants Passes the $10 Million Mark

In May of 2006, Greengrants awarded its $10,000,000th dollar in grants. That makes 2,754 grants made in 120 countries over 13 years.

Nigeria: Grantees Campaign against Gas Flaring

While much political and economic attention has been focused on the oil industry over the past several years, the links between oil extraction and environmental, health and social problems have been largely ignored. According to a recent report by Environmental Rights Action (ERA)/Friends of the Earth Nigeria, a Greengrants grantee, 2.5 billion cubic feet of […]

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