Maria Gunnoe
Maria Gunnoe is an environmentalist from Boone County, WV, who opposes mountaintop removal mining.[1] She is featured in the 2008 documentary film Burning the Future: Coal in America, the 2007 documentary film Mountain Top Removal, and the 2011 documentary film The Last Mountain. In 2006, Gunnoe received the Callaway Award for her organizing efforts in her southern West Virginia community.[2][3][4][5]
In 2009 Gunnoe received the Goldman Environmental Prize, which is the second time an environmentalist has been awarded a Goldman Prize for fighting coal mining operations in West Virginia. In 2003, Julia Bonds won a Goldman for opposing the controversial practice of mountaintop removal in Appalachia.[1][6]
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| Preceded by | Wallenberg Medalist 2012 |
Succeeded by Nicholas Winton |
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