Murrawah Maroochy Johnson’s Acceptance Speech, 2024 Goldman Environmental Prize

Murrawah Maroochy Johnson accepts the 2024 Goldman Environmental Prize for Australia.
Murrawah Maroochy Johnson blocked development of the Waratah coal mine, which would have accelerated climate change in Queensland, destroyed the nearly 20,000-acre Bimblebox Nature Refuge, added 1.58 billion tons of CO2 to the atmosphere over its lifetime, and threatened Indigenous rights and culture. Murrawah’s case, which overcame a 2023 appeal, set a precedent that enables other First Nations people to challenge coal projects by linking climate change to human and Indigenous rights.
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