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Shrimp boat captain from Texas wins international Goldman Environmental Prize
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Diane Wilson's family has been operating shrimping and fishing boats off the Texas coast for four generations, more than 100 years. Wilson noticed problems in the water and started a nearly four-decade fight to get a local chemical company, Formosa, to stop dumping harmful plastics in the water. She won a $50 million court case against the company. Now, she is the winner of the Goldman Environmental Prize, which honors grassroots environmental activists around the world.
Wilson talks with Here & Now's Scott Tong.
This segment aired on April 24, 2023.