Protecting our global climate is the leading challenge of our time. ELAW partners around the world are working to ensure that communities who suffer the worst impacts from damaging the climate have a voice at the table and the tools they need to win victories for a healthy planet.
Protecting our global climate is the leading challenge of our time. ELAW partners around the world are working to ensure that communities who suffer the worst impacts from damaging the climate have a voice at the table and the tools they need to win victories for a healthy planet.
We faced challenges in 2021, with the climate crisis, global pandemic, political turmoil, and new threats to communities and ecosystems. But ELAW partners around the world give us hope. Together, we celebrate some recent victories and steps along the way towards a sustainable future.
We faced challenges in 2021, with the climate crisis, global pandemic, political turmoil, and new threats to communities and ecosystems. But ELAW partners around the world give us hope. Together, we celebrate some recent victories and steps along the way towards a sustainable future.
The regulator of the Dominican Republic's electricity sector has rejected a special resolution approving the installation of the Estrella de Mar III LNG-fueled electric power plant because it does not meet legal requirements.
The regulator of the Dominican Republic's electricity sector has rejected a special resolution approving the installation of the Estrella de Mar III LNG-fueled electric power plant because it does not meet legal requirements.
The world needs to move past coal. Coal kills people and is the largest source of CO2 emissions – we simply cannot continue burning coal if we hope to protect the climate.
The world needs to move past coal. Coal kills people and is the largest source of CO2 emissions – we simply cannot continue burning coal if we hope to protect the climate.
Coal kills people and hammers the climate, but governments and corporations continue trying to build new coal-fired power plants. ELAW is pleased to help partners in the Dominican Republic amplify local voices and present the economic case that a coal-fired power plant is a bad investment and should not be allowed to operate.
Coal kills people and hammers the climate, but governments and corporations continue trying to build new coal-fired power plants. ELAW is pleased to help partners in the Dominican Republic amplify local voices and present the economic case that a coal-fired power plant is a bad investment and should not be allowed to operate.
ELAW partners in the Dominican Republic are using a novel approach to protect the natural beauty of their Caribbean nation. This week, the Institute of Lawyers for the Protection of the Environment (INSAPROMA) launched the Environmental Education Campaign with Musical Rhythm, with popular singers donating songs with environmental themes.
ELAW partners in the Dominican Republic are using a novel approach to protect the natural beauty of their Caribbean nation. This week, the Institute of Lawyers for the Protection of the Environment (INSAPROMA) launched the Environmental Education Campaign with Musical Rhythm, with popular singers donating songs with environmental themes.
A massive coal-fired power plant in Punta Catalina, Dominican Republic, threatens air quality, ecosystems, and the health of nearby communities.
ELAW partners at Instituto de Abogados para la Proteccion del Medio Ambiente (INSAPROMA) are working with ELAW to protect communities and shelve the project.
A massive coal-fired power plant in Punta Catalina, Dominican Republic, threatens air quality, ecosystems, and the health of nearby communities.
ELAW partners at Instituto de Abogados para la Proteccion del Medio Ambiente (INSAPROMA) are working with ELAW to protect communities and shelve the project.
