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The Norwegian Supreme Court will soon hear an appeal challenging the Norwegian government’s decision to open new areas of the Arctic for oil exploration. The appeal was filed by Greenpeace and Nature & Youth (the Norwegian branch of Friends of the Earth). The Court has not yet set a date for the hearing.

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The ELAW Fellows Program is adapting to a new world. We planned to host Panamanian biologist Isaias Ramos (at right) for a two-week ELAW Fellowship at our U.S. office in April, but due to COVID-19 moved his program online, with good results.

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Since we can't gather in-person, we have organized a virtual opportunity to get together! Please join us for a screening and conversation about the documentary, The Story of Plastic.

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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.

ELAW is thrilled to announce that Pedro León Gutiérrez is rejoining the ELAW team!

ELAW Fellows Dickens Kumugisha from Uganda (above left) and Olivier Ndoole from the Democratic Republic of the Congo wrapped up their ELAW Fellowships mid-March.

We all need clean fresh water, but poor waste management, polluting industries, paving wetlands, and the climate
crisis are leading to severe water shortages in India, South Africa, and beyond. All over the world, citizens are speaking
out for clean fresh water.

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We are pleased to welcome two new ELAW Fellows. Hugo Echeverria joined us from Quito, Ecuador, and Gligor Radecic arrived from Zagreb, Croatia.

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Please join us in welcoming ELAW Fellow, Dickens Kamugisha, CEO at the Africa Institute for Energy Governance (AFIEGO).

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Twenty-five years ago, I traveled to Brazil to reach out to public interest lawyers and invite them to connect to ELAW. I met the founders of the (then) new organization Instituto Socioambiental (ISA). ELAW has worked with terrific lawyers at ISA ever since. In 1996, ISA sponsored the first ever indigenous lawyer in Brazil, Paulo Pankararu, to come to Oregon and work in our office.

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We are pleased to report another big win by our partners at the Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association.

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Thousands of tons of single-use plastic are thrown away in Bangladesh every year, with countless plastic bags, bottles, cups, plates and straws making their way into the ocean. ELAW partner Syeda Rizwana Hasan and the Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA) are making real progress reining in this plastic peril.

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In 2019, the ELAW Fellows Program welcomed 10 ELAW Fellows from Brazil, Czech Republic, Guinea, Mongolia, Nicaragua, Hungary, Russia, and Ukraine. Many thanks to ELAW host families here in Eugene who provided homes, field trips, and more for our international guests!

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We are pleased to welcome Olivier Bahemuke Ndoole to Eugene for a 10-week ELAW Fellowship.

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ELAW's law and science teams worked for years with attorney Carlos Soria to protect the unique green spaces surrounding Lima, Peru.

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We are thrilled to share a landmark victory, announced this week by the head of the Philippines Commission on Human Rights during COP25 international climate talks in Madrid.

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We are pleased to announce a new addition to our law team!
Paola Eisner holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School, a B.A. from Brown University, and a B.F.A. from Rhode Island School of Design.

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This Giving Tuesday, I hope you will support ELAW in our fight for environmental justice.

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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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 Thank you to the volunteers, partners, and supporters who endorsed ELAW's work! ELAW has also received Charity Navigator and Guidestar's highest ratings for accountability, transparency, and financial responsibility.

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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 Staff Scientists and partners from Liberia and Honduras inspired participants at last week’s American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) “Science, Technology and Human Rights Conference,” in Washington, D.C.
 

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Last week, Poland’s Parliament dropped plans for a law that would allow the government to open new coal mines without the approval of local authorities. The Institute for Energy, Economics, and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) says this postponement pressures Poland “to prepare for the gradual closure of Bełchatów, Europe’s largest coal-fired power plant.”

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Defending the environment is more dangerous than ever. Last week, ELAW partners shared disturbing details in brave testimony before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) in Washington, D.C.

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We are thrilled to welcome ELAW Fellow Saa Pascal Tenguiano from Conakry, Guinea.

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We are pleased to announce our new hire!  Bernard Ngalim, Africa Program Fellow, brings valuable experience championing human rights in Cameroon and across Africa.

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 ELAW Fellow Juliana de Paula Batista arrived last week from Brasilia. She is an attorney at a leading NGO in Brazil, Instituto Socioambiental, which works to defend indigenous peoples and their organizations across Brazil.
 

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Valdivia Environmental Court canceled the license for the proposed blasting at Mina Invierno on remote Isla Riesco in Chile.

 ELAW staff scientists and attorneys worked closely with partners at Fiscalía del Medio Ambiente (FIMA) to challenge the project.

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In May, more than 100 shipping containers filled with waste from the United Kingdom (UK) arrived at the port city of Colombo, Sri Lanka. ELAW partners at the Centre for Environmental Justice (CEJ) are fighting to have the waste sent back to the UK and hold polluters accountable. A report from The Guardian says the leaking containers have an unbearable stench and may contain human remains.

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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.