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ELAW partners at Frank Bold send good news: Poland’s General Director for Environmental Protection has refused to issue a permit for the Złoczew open pit lignite mine! If approved, the proposed coal mine would be one of the largest lignite mines in the world.

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Join Great.com’s host, Karimkhon Bukhadurov and Karen Guillory, ELAW Outreach Coordinator, for a discussion about how advocates collaborate through ELAW to defend communities and ecosystems around the world.

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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.

The  ocean  provides  half  of  the  oxygen  that  we  breathe  and  plays  a  huge  role  in  regulating the global climate. Its health and sustainable use are of critical importance to every being on this planet, regardless of how near or far one lives from the coastline.

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ELAW partners in Malaysia share wonderful news! Attorneys Meena Raman, Jessica Binwani, and Theiva Lingam announce that a proposed 4,500 acre mega-reclamation project on Penang Island is canceled.

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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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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 is growing our team and diversifying our areas of expertise to better support community advocates around the world in their work. We are pleased to welcome Anya, Genee, and Gilles! Their skills and experience will help protect communities from the impacts of extractive industries, including oil and gas development, coal mining, and plastic production and disposal. All of our new colleagues also bring language skills to expand our capacity to collaborate with lawyers in their own languages.

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In case you missed it, ELAW was featured in the Guardian twice this week!

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Last week, ELAW and partners at the Centre Congolaise pour le Droit du Développement Durable (Congolese Center for Law and Sustainable Development, CODED) co-hosted a training to help more than 45 advocates across the Democratic Republic of Congo increase their security and minimize threats to themselves and their organizations - so they can focus on their important work!

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After 15 months of working from home, all Eugene-based staff are now back in our office on Pearl Street.

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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.

ELAW is helping partners working in their home countries challenge fossil fuel abuses and advocate for more affordable, cleaner, renewable energy.

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Rosa María Mateus Parra, lawyer at Colectivo de Abogados José Alvear Restrepo (CAJAR), recently co-hosted a public webinar to share the contents of several amicus curiae (friend of the court) briefs submitted by international groups, including ELAW, in support of the efforts of the Wayúu Indigenous people of La Guajira, Colombia.

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ELAW's Marine Working Group is delighted to celebrate World Ocean Day 2021.

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Last week, ELAW partners from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), India, and the US gathered online to share strategies and tools for monitoring air quality to support community efforts to rein in polluting industries.

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We are pleased to welcome two scientists and a lawyer to the team at the Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide! Their skills are helping us ramp up our work to challenge fossil fuels, rein in plastic pollution, protect marine ecosystems, and build a strong corps of community advocates around the world.

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30 years ago, grassroots advocates from 10 countries agreed to help each other protect communities and the environment through law. They launched ELAW. Today, we collaborate with hundreds of grassroots advocates in more than 80 countries, helping them win lasting victories building a just future. Please follow us on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/elaw.org">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/elawus?lang=en">Twitter</a> as we share stories of some of our early members.

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ELAW partners in the Caribbean and around the world are looking for new tools to protect fragile marine ecosystems.

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This year, ELAW celebrates 30 years of work to protect the climate, defend biodiversity, advance environmental justice, and give citizens a strong voice in charting a sustainable future.

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For the second time, the Czech Ministry of the Environment denied an application from the Chvaletice coal-fired power plant to discharge nitrogen oxides (NOx) and mercury (Hg) far above the legal limit.

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Public interest advocates in the DRC face increasing challenges, so ELAW and partners at the Centre Congolaise pour le Droit du Développement Durable (Congolese Center for Law and Sustainable Development, CODED) co-hosted a two-day meeting earlier this week for lawyers and activists working across the DRC.

In 1991, grassroots advocates from 10 countries agreed to help each other protect communities and the environment through law. They launched ELAW. Today, we collaborate with hundreds of grassroots advocates in more than 80 countries, helping them win lasting victories against environmental abuse and build a just future.

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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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I am writing with very difficult news — we recently lost a beloved member of the ELAW US team. ELAW Law Associate Killian Doherty passed away on February 23 at the age of 37. Killian had been fighting a rare and aggressive cancer since late 2019. He put up a brave fight — working full time with ELAW and spending time with family and friends in-between treatments.

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 In early February, ELAW welcomed a distinguished panel of Indigenous leaders and legal experts who presented their 2020 report, The Case for a Guardian Network Initiative.

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This year, World Wetlands Day shines a spotlight on wetlands as a source of freshwater and encourages us to protect and restore them.

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We are thrilled to announce the launch of Plastic Law, an overview of laws designed to tackle the growing problem of disposable plastic, along with a library of court decisions addressing the problem.

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A coalition of Bahamian NGOs and businesses are fighting to protect The Bahamas from foreign oil developers.

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Tomorrow, ELAW partners at the Jamaica Environment Trust will host a public forum on the ground-breaking findings of: “Red Dirt: A Multidisciplinary Review of the Bauxite-Alumina Industry in Jamaica.”

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The people of Byliky in Central Ukraine are celebrating a victory over a polluting pig farm. The farm, in the village in Poltava Oblast, had its land lease terminated in 2018, due to gross negligence. Last month, the newly elected village council voted to ban all polluting facilities within the limits of Byliky village, to ensure that vacated land and farm premises would not be taken over by new, polluting farms.