Inside Climate News: Rights of Nature Defender Wins Goldman Prize for Protecting Colombia’s Magdalena River From Fracking

As a child growing up along the banks of Colombia’s Magdalena River, Yuvelis Morales Blanco learned to read the water. “Dark spots (oil spills) on the river meant that we were not going to eat,” she recalled. Now Morales Blanco, 24 y/o, has been awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize — often called the “Green Nobel” ..