India anti-mining activist wins 'Green Nobel' - Features - Al Jazeera English
On Monday, Ramesh Agrawal, 60, was recognised in a ceremony in San
Francisco as one of six recipients of this year's $175,000 Goldman
Environmental Prize, often called the "Green Nobel". For a decade,
Agrawal - who has no formal legal training - has been waging a one-man
campaign to educate Indian villagers about their rights in fighting
pollution and land-grabbing by powerful mining and electricity
companies. He has won three lawsuits against major corporations and has
been spearheading seven more pending in courts. http://aje.me/1pJj8BB
Ramesh Agrawal has been waging a lone campaign against land-grab by powerful mining companies [AP]
