{"id":147282,"date":"2022-12-03T21:19:01","date_gmt":"2022-12-03T21:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/prince-william-with-joe-biden-celebs-for-earthshot-prize-gala\/"},"modified":"2022-12-03T21:19:01","modified_gmt":"2022-12-03T21:19:01","slug":"prince-william-with-joe-biden-celebs-for-earthshot-prize-gala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/prince-william-with-joe-biden-celebs-for-earthshot-prize-gala\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince William with Joe Biden, celebs for Earthshot Prize gala"},"content":{"rendered":"
BOSTON (AP) \u2014 Prince William capped a three-day visit to Boston by meeting with President Joe Biden to share his vision for safeguarding the environment before attending a gala event Friday evening where he sounded an optimistic tone about solving the world’s environmental problems through ” hope, optimism and urgency.”<\/p>\n
The Prince of Wales paid homage to the late President John F. Kennedy, saying his Earthshot Prize was inspired by Kennedy’s audacious moonshot speech in 1962 that mobilized the nation to put astronauts on the moon. That same sense of urgency and scale is needed now to protect the environment, William said.<\/p>\n
“In the same way the space effort six decades ago created jobs, boosted economies and provided hope, so too can the solutions borne of tonight’s Earthshot Prize winners,” William said.<\/p>\n\n
An inside look:<\/strong>Bidens host Macrons, Hollywood at first White House state dinner<\/p>\n The second annual Earthshot Prize offered 1 million pounds ($1.2 million) in prize money to each of the winners in five separate categories: nature protection, clean air, ocean revival, waste elimination and climate change. The winners and all 15 finalists will receive help in expanding their projects to meet global demand.<\/p>\n The winners, announced at Boston’s MGM Music Hall, were:<\/p>\n\n