Feb 11, 2022
ELAW Bulletin ELAW partners at the Mexican Center for Environmental Law (CEMDA) announced a stunning victory Wednesday, protecting a critical coral reef system in Veracruz from short-sighted plans to expand the Veracruz Port. |
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ELAW Bulletin ELAW partners at the Mexican Center for Environmental Law (CEMDA) announced a stunning victory Wednesday, protecting a critical coral reef system in Veracruz from short-sighted plans to expand the Veracruz Port. |
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Jan 13, 2022
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Oct 05, 2021
ELAW Bulletin ELAW is pleased to announce that the Mexican Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT) has approved long overdue updates to the standards that govern wastewater discharge in Mexico. |
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ELAW Bulletin ELAW is pleased to announce that the Mexican Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT) has approved long overdue updates to the standards that govern wastewater discharge in Mexico. |
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Sep 15, 2021
ELAW Bulletin The Governor of Jalisco has suspended construction of the contested Tala landfill in Guadalajara following weeks of protest by local residents and 'ejidatarios' who collectively hold the land, and a technical opinion of the authorization of the landfill prepared by ELAW at the request of our partners at Instituto de Derecho Ambiental (IDEA). |
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ELAW Bulletin The Governor of Jalisco has suspended construction of the contested Tala landfill in Guadalajara following weeks of protest by local residents and 'ejidatarios' who collectively hold the land, and a technical opinion of the authorization of the landfill prepared by ELAW at the request of our partners at Instituto de Derecho Ambiental (IDEA). |
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Sep 02, 2021
ELAW Bulletin Quintana Roo, on the Yucatán Peninsula, and its freshwater cenotes, coral reefs, mangroves, and stunning biodiversity is under threat from short-sighted development. |
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ELAW Bulletin Quintana Roo, on the Yucatán Peninsula, and its freshwater cenotes, coral reefs, mangroves, and stunning biodiversity is under threat from short-sighted development. |
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Mar 21, 2021
ELAW Bulletin Corals, communities, and coastlines in Mesoamerica are suffering the effects of failed and inadequate wastewater treatment. ELAW has been working with partners in Mexico to protect water quality and is now expanding across the region, to clean up water supplies and hold polluters accountable. |
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ELAW Bulletin Corals, communities, and coastlines in Mesoamerica are suffering the effects of failed and inadequate wastewater treatment. ELAW has been working with partners in Mexico to protect water quality and is now expanding across the region, to clean up water supplies and hold polluters accountable. |
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Dec 01, 2020
ELAW Bulletin ELAW is pleased to share some highlights of our work together this year. |
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ELAW Bulletin ELAW is pleased to share some highlights of our work together this year. |
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Nov 12, 2020
ELAW Bulletin Iniciativa Ciudadana y Profesional para la Defensa Jurídica del Litoral (Prolitoral), defended by ELAW partner Dr. Eduardo Salazar Ortuño, celebrate the hard-won victory! Prolitoral is a collective formed by Ecologistas en Acción, the Asociación de Naturalistas del Sureste (ANSE), Amacora and other environmental and legal professionals. |
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ELAW Bulletin Iniciativa Ciudadana y Profesional para la Defensa Jurídica del Litoral (Prolitoral), defended by ELAW partner Dr. Eduardo Salazar Ortuño, celebrate the hard-won victory! Prolitoral is a collective formed by Ecologistas en Acción, the Asociación de Naturalistas del Sureste (ANSE), Amacora and other environmental and legal professionals. |
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Apr 22, 2020
ELAW Bulletin This year, Earth Day comes as the COVID-19 pandemic rages around the world. All of us on the ELAW US team are working together from home and staying safe. |
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ELAW Bulletin This year, Earth Day comes as the COVID-19 pandemic rages around the world. All of us on the ELAW US team are working together from home and staying safe. |
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Mar 09, 2020
We all need clean fresh water, but poor waste management, polluting industries, paving wetlands, and the climate |
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We all need clean fresh water, but poor waste management, polluting industries, paving wetlands, and the climate |
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Nov 26, 2019
ELAW Bulletin Last week, ELAW partners in South Africa shared their latest victory: South Africa’s Constitutional Court slammed one door shut on plans to build a new coal mine inside an Mpumalanga Protected Area. |
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ELAW Bulletin Last week, ELAW partners in South Africa shared their latest victory: South Africa’s Constitutional Court slammed one door shut on plans to build a new coal mine inside an Mpumalanga Protected Area. |
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Nov 15, 2019
ELAW Bulletin Communities in the Mexican port city of Veracruz are celebrating a decision this week by the state environmental authority (SEMARNAT) that shelved short-sighted plans for a new landfill that threatened wetlands and a biological corridor. |
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ELAW Bulletin Communities in the Mexican port city of Veracruz are celebrating a decision this week by the state environmental authority (SEMARNAT) that shelved short-sighted plans for a new landfill that threatened wetlands and a biological corridor. |
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Feb 06, 2019
ELAW Bulletin "Environmental Policy and Human Rights," was hosted by the Ombudsman for Human Rights of the People of Oaxaca, in collaboration with civil society groups, including the Mexican Council for Sustainable Forestry and Environmental Law and Policy. |
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ELAW Bulletin "Environmental Policy and Human Rights," was hosted by the Ombudsman for Human Rights of the People of Oaxaca, in collaboration with civil society groups, including the Mexican Council for Sustainable Forestry and Environmental Law and Policy. |
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Jun 14, 2018
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Apr 19, 2018
ELAW Bulletin ELAW partners at Centro Mexicano de Derecho Ambiental (CEMDA) are challenging the environmental impact assessments for the Veracruz Port expansion because they lack adequate and complete scientific information. ELAW Staff Scientist Dr. Heidi Weiskel has been working closely with CEMDA to challenge this port project, which threatens the largest coral ecosystem in the Gulf of Mexico, the Veracruz Reef System National Park. |
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ELAW Bulletin ELAW partners at Centro Mexicano de Derecho Ambiental (CEMDA) are challenging the environmental impact assessments for the Veracruz Port expansion because they lack adequate and complete scientific information. ELAW Staff Scientist Dr. Heidi Weiskel has been working closely with CEMDA to challenge this port project, which threatens the largest coral ecosystem in the Gulf of Mexico, the Veracruz Reef System National Park. |
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Mar 27, 2018
ELAW Bulletin We are pleased to announce that our photo essay collection is now available online! Enjoy 12 inspiring stories of communities around the world fighting for a healthy environment, and winning.
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ELAW Bulletin We are pleased to announce that our photo essay collection is now available online! Enjoy 12 inspiring stories of communities around the world fighting for a healthy environment, and winning.
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Jun 16, 2017
ELAW Bulletin Lake Chapala is under siege from polluting industries, agricultural run-off, and over-appropriation of water for industrial use -- shortchanging residents and visitors. IDEA has worked tirelessly, for decades, to make community voices heard in efforts to protect the watershed. |
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ELAW Bulletin Lake Chapala is under siege from polluting industries, agricultural run-off, and over-appropriation of water for industrial use -- shortchanging residents and visitors. IDEA has worked tirelessly, for decades, to make community voices heard in efforts to protect the watershed. |
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Apr 20, 2017
ELAW Bulletin Good news from Mexico - the Dragon Mart development project has been canceled forever! |
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ELAW Bulletin Good news from Mexico - the Dragon Mart development project has been canceled forever! |
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Jan 05, 2017
ELAW Bulletin ELAW partners achieved tremendous victories in 2016. |
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ELAW Bulletin ELAW partners achieved tremendous victories in 2016. |
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Moving Beyond Coal, Winter 2017 |
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May 13, 2016
ELAW Bulletin We are thrilled to report that Eduardo Arturo Mosqueda Sánchez, a young Mexican human rights and environmental lawyer, has been freed from detention. Eduardo has been imprisoned on bogus charges since July 22, when he was seized while working to defend the Nahua people in Jalisco State. |
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ELAW Bulletin We are thrilled to report that Eduardo Arturo Mosqueda Sánchez, a young Mexican human rights and environmental lawyer, has been freed from detention. Eduardo has been imprisoned on bogus charges since July 22, when he was seized while working to defend the Nahua people in Jalisco State. |
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Nov 11, 2015
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ELAW Advocate, Summer 2015 |
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Aug 19, 2015
ELAW eBulletin A terrible injustice is unfolding in Mexico. Eduardo Arturo Mosqueda Sánchez, a young human rights and environmental lawyer, was imprisoned without bail on July 22 while working to defend the Nahua people in Jalisco State. |
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ELAW eBulletin A terrible injustice is unfolding in Mexico. Eduardo Arturo Mosqueda Sánchez, a young human rights and environmental lawyer, was imprisoned without bail on July 22 while working to defend the Nahua people in Jalisco State. |
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Jun 11, 2015
ELAW eBulletin Last week, ELAW's Pedro León was invited to speak about protecting the climate through law at a seminar hosted by the Supreme Court of Mexico's Human Rights Office. |
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ELAW eBulletin Last week, ELAW's Pedro León was invited to speak about protecting the climate through law at a seminar hosted by the Supreme Court of Mexico's Human Rights Office. |
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May 07, 2015
ELAW eBulletin Communities in Veracruz, Mexico, are celebrating a federal court ruling that protects local water supplies from three mini hydro power projects proposed for the Jalacingo River. The plants would have altered the river's course to generate power for industry and disrupted traditional water systems, including freshwater springs. |
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ELAW eBulletin Communities in Veracruz, Mexico, are celebrating a federal court ruling that protects local water supplies from three mini hydro power projects proposed for the Jalacingo River. The plants would have altered the river's course to generate power for industry and disrupted traditional water systems, including freshwater springs. |
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Feb 13, 2015
ELAW eBulletin ELAW partners at the Mexican Environmental Law Center (CEMDA) won a great victory when Mexico's environmental protection agency (PROFEPA) canceled the massive Dragon Mart development near Cancún, and ordered developers to restore damaged ecosystems. |
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ELAW eBulletin ELAW partners at the Mexican Environmental Law Center (CEMDA) won a great victory when Mexico's environmental protection agency (PROFEPA) canceled the massive Dragon Mart development near Cancún, and ordered developers to restore damaged ecosystems. |
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Oct 16, 2014
ELAW eBulletin Scientists at the Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide use Google Earth to "ground truth" environmentally destructive proposals across the world, writes Camilla Mortensen in today's Eugene Weekly. |
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ELAW eBulletin Scientists at the Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide use Google Earth to "ground truth" environmentally destructive proposals across the world, writes Camilla Mortensen in today's Eugene Weekly. |
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Aug 28, 2014
ELAW Bulletin Congratulations to ELAW advocate Alejandra Serrano and her team at the Mexican Environmental Law Center for their work defending communities and Mexico's Riviera Maya! |
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ELAW Bulletin Congratulations to ELAW advocate Alejandra Serrano and her team at the Mexican Environmental Law Center for their work defending communities and Mexico's Riviera Maya! |
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Jun 09, 2014
ELAW Bulletin Holbox Island The proposed "Ensenada" development, which threatened the stunning landscape and rich fisheries of Quintana Roo's Holbox Island, has been shelved. Alejandra Serrano and her colleagues at the Mexican Center for Environmental Law have worked since 2012 to protect islanders from this out-sized tourism scheme. |
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ELAW Bulletin Holbox Island The proposed "Ensenada" development, which threatened the stunning landscape and rich fisheries of Quintana Roo's Holbox Island, has been shelved. Alejandra Serrano and her colleagues at the Mexican Center for Environmental Law have worked since 2012 to protect islanders from this out-sized tourism scheme. |
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Jun 06, 2014
ELAW Bulletin "I never intended to become a lawyer," Fernando told me. As a child, Fernando read a marine mammal encyclopedia and dreamed of becoming a marine biologist. His father persuaded him that law was a practical tool and besides, Mexico City was far from the ocean... |
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ELAW Bulletin "I never intended to become a lawyer," Fernando told me. As a child, Fernando read a marine mammal encyclopedia and dreamed of becoming a marine biologist. His father persuaded him that law was a practical tool and besides, Mexico City was far from the ocean... |
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Feb 27, 2014
ELAW eBulletin ELAW Fellows and visitors from five continents have come together in Eugene to work with the ELAW team. Read about the inspiring work of partners from Uganda, Panama, Turkey, and Mongolia in the current Eugene Weekly. |
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ELAW eBulletin ELAW Fellows and visitors from five continents have come together in Eugene to work with the ELAW team. Read about the inspiring work of partners from Uganda, Panama, Turkey, and Mongolia in the current Eugene Weekly. |
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Feb 26, 2014
ELAW Press ELAW Fellows and visitors from five continents have come together in Eugene to work with the ELAW team. Read about the inspiring work of partners from Uganda, Panama, Turkey, and Mongolia in the current Eugene Weekly. |
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ELAW Press ELAW Fellows and visitors from five continents have come together in Eugene to work with the ELAW team. Read about the inspiring work of partners from Uganda, Panama, Turkey, and Mongolia in the current Eugene Weekly. |
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Feb 10, 2014
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Nov 18, 2013
ELAW eBulletin Minerva Rosette is an environmental engineer with the Southeast office of Centro Mexicano de Derecho Ambiental (CEMDA, Mexican Center for Environmental Law). We are collaborating with Minerva to protect communities and coastlines on the Yucatán Peninsula. |
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ELAW eBulletin Minerva Rosette is an environmental engineer with the Southeast office of Centro Mexicano de Derecho Ambiental (CEMDA, Mexican Center for Environmental Law). We are collaborating with Minerva to protect communities and coastlines on the Yucatán Peninsula. |
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