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Six Women Win $200K Goldman Environmental Prize 2026

4/25/2026

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Goldman Awards Women

The U.S. awarded the 2026 Goldman Environmental Prize to six women on April 20, 2026, each receiving $200,000.
Sarah Finch, Alannah Acaq Hurley, and Borim Kim, laureates, led legal, Indigenous-rights, and pollution-accountability actions in the UK, Alaska, and South Korea.
Michael Sutton, executive director of the Goldman Environmental Foundation, said women hold 15% of ministerial jobs, 23% of senior environmental roles, and UN Women projects 158 million could fall into poverty by 2050.

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Activists Win

South Korea’s Constitutional Court set binding 2031-2049 emissions targets after Borim Kim’s youth lawsuit forced a 2050 net-zero goal.
England’s Supreme Court halted Surrey oil drilling in June 2024, ending a five-year legal fight by Sarah Finch and the Weald Action Group.
U.S. EPA vetoed Pebble Mine in 2023, a win Alannah Acaq Hurley secured for 15 Alaska tribal nations.

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Goldman Awards Women

The U.S. awarded the 2026 Goldman Environmental Prize to six women on April 20, 2026, each receiving $200,000.
Sarah Finch, Alannah Acaq Hurley, and Borim Kim, laureates, led legal, Indigenous-rights, and pollution-accountability actions in the UK, Alaska, and South Korea.
Michael Sutton, executive director of the Goldman Environmental Foundation, said women hold 15% of ministerial jobs, 23% of senior environmental roles, and UN Women projects 158 million could fall into poverty by 2050.

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