By Mongabay.com Two pairs of environmentalists are being awarded the prestigious Heinz Award for the Environment this year. Each duo will receive an unrestricted, shared cash award of $250,000 and the Heinz Awards medallion. Mongabay founder and CEO Rhett Ayers Butler received the award in 2022. Among the 2024 winners are Amira Diamond and Melinda Kramer, co-founders of Women’s Earth Alliance (WEA). They are being recognized for empowering thousands of grassroots women leaders globally to protect the environment. “What we have seen to be true through the almost two decades of WEA’s work is tha…