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The Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide (ELAW) helps communities speak out for clean air, clean water, and a healthy planet.
We are a global alliance of attorneys, scientists, and other advocates collaborating across borders to build a sustainable, just future.
ELAW envisions a world where ecosystems and communities are respected and protected, and decisions are grounded in the rule of law, sound science, and principles of environmental justice.
Defending Communities & Ecosystems
ELAW provides legal, scientific, and organizational expertise to help public interest lawyers advance environmental justice and protect critical ecosystems.
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How to Evaluate Environmental Impact Assessments for Oil and Gas Projects
This guidebook aims to provide public interest environmental advocates and the communities they represent with sufficient understanding to challenge oil and gas projects that are unacceptable from an environmental or social perspective.
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Latest News
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Building the Movement
This Giving Tuesday, we hope you’ll consider supporting the Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide (ELAW). We collaborate with dedicated public interest lawyers in more than 80 countries worldwide to defend vital ecosystems and advance environmental justice. ELAW collaborates with local partners on hundreds of cases every year. We are currently focusing on several critical areas of…
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Welcome Clinton Ezeigwe
Clinton Ezeigwe, our new ELAW Fellow, arrived yesterday! He is an attorney and water activist from Southeast Nigeria. Clinton coordinates Nigeria’s End Water Poverty #ClaimYourWaterRights campaign, as part of WaterAid/UK. He is pursuing a master’s of global affairs with a concentration in governance and policy at the University of Notre Dame. Earlier this year, he…
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Killian O. Doherty Environmental Justice Fellow Joins ELAW from Myanmar
We are pleased to announce that Aye Mon Thu will work with our team as this year’s Killian O. Doherty Environmental Justice Fellow. Aye Mon Thu is a human rights and environmental justice lawyer in Myanmar. She is co-founder and former Director of the Dawei Pro-bono Lawyer Network, which provides legal support to impacted communities in…
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Welcome ELAW Fellows
We are pleased to welcome our fall ELAW Fellows: Vanessa Torres from Bogota, Colombia (left) and Alpha Diallo from Conakry, Guinea. Vanessa and Alpha arrived in Eugene this weekend and will be with us for approximately three months. Vanessa has collaborated with ELAW for many years and says we are “friends and family.” Alpha is…