Colette Pichon Battle, advancing ecological equity in frontline communities - Heinz Awardee

Climate justice organizer and human rights lawyer Colette Pichon Battle received the Heinz Award for the Environment for her work as founder of Taproot Earth and the former Gulf Coast Center for Law & Policy. At Taproot Earth, she is advancing equity for frontline communities in the U.S. and globally by cultivating power solutions and transforming the systems that govern our land, water and energy.