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Nebraska environmental leader Jane Kleeb has received the largest environmental award offered to an individual, a $3 million Climate Breakthrough Award. Kleeb is founding director and president of Bold Alliance, formerly Bold Nebraska. She said after 13 years of fighting pipelines, they are moving into being energy builders. ...

A key figure in thwarting planned oil and carbon-capture pipelines in the U.S. Midwest and an Indonesian environmentalist devoted to protecting forests have been named recipients of this year's Climate Breakthrough awards. The prizes are named after a nonprofit, San Francisco-based climate-action organization. Jane Kleeb is chairwoman of the Nebraska Democratic Party and the founder of Bold Nebraska, which was key to blocking plans for the Keystone XL oil pipeline and carbon dioxide-capturi...

Nebraskas Jane Kleeb is turning her attention to advocating for the development of clean energy — a cause she will take up with a grant worth $3 million.

Isabel Cavelier Climate Breakthrough 2022 Winner

Call comes after former UN climate envoy urged African countries to exploit their natural gas reserves

Zalando and Mango have committed to the Pack4Good initiative which aims to transform the impacts of global packaging supply chain on forests.

Share Nicole Rycroft, founder and executive director of Canopy, a non-profit organization that works with the forest industry’s biggest customers to develop sustainable solutions, has been awarded the US$3 million Climate Breakthrough Award. Photo: Alana Paterson / The Narwhal Profile ‘Risk-taking is an absolute expectation’: Nicole Rycroft talks forests and her US$3 million climate award Canopy founder and executive director plans to use the Climate...

Carl Meyer, Local Journalism Initiative Canopy executive director Nicole Rycroft stands next to straw bales at Columbia Pulp Mill in Washington. Image Credit: Carl Meyer, Local Journalism Initiative February 13, 2021 - 6:00 PM For Nicole Rycroft, the first modern, tree-free commercial-scale pulp mill in North America was a “lightbulb moment” about the climate crisis. The new mill in eastern Washington state, called Columbia Pulp, runs entirely without woodchips...

For Nicole Rycroft, the first modern, tree-free commercial-scale pulp mill in North America was a “lightbulb moment” about the climate crisis.

THE STANDARD By Sara Okuoro | February 4th 2021 at 12:30:00 GMT +0300 Climate Breakthrough awardee Mohamed Adow. He is the Director and Founder of think tank Power Shift Africa. A Kenyan climate policy activist has bagged the global the Climate Breakthrough Award in recognition of his work addressing climate change. Mohamed Adow, the Director and Founder of think tank Power Shift Africa in Nairobi, is this year’s one of two awardees. The second recipient of the award is Nicole Rycroft, the ...