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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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Lalanath de Silva Will be ELAW’s Next Executive Director
After 34 years at ELAW, I’ll be retiring at the end of June. ELAW is in great shape, and it’s time for me to pass the torch.
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Protecting Communities and the Environment in Africa
Communities across Africa face enormous challenges protecting themselves from polluting industries, mines, fossil fuel development, and much more.
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Renewing Our Connections and Commitment – ELAW Annual Meeting in Colombia
More than 60 ELAW partners gathered last month in Santa Marta, Colombia, for the 2025 ELAW Annual Meeting, followed by the International Meeting on Environmental Law.
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Victory for Chilean Defenders and La Campana-Peñuelas Biosphere Reserve
Chile’s Court of Appeals has unanimously upheld the acquittal of five defenders who were unjustly criminalized for peacefully opposing a high-voltage transmission project in La Campana-Peñuelas.