Jun 25, 2020
ELAW Bulletin The world’s largest steel producer, ArcelorMittal, was fined this month for violating three atmospheric emission license conditions at its Vanderbijlpark operations, south of Johannesburg. |
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ELAW Bulletin The world’s largest steel producer, ArcelorMittal, was fined this month for violating three atmospheric emission license conditions at its Vanderbijlpark operations, south of Johannesburg. |
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Jun 16, 2020
ELAW Bulletin ELAW is pleased to welcome our summer legal interns Kara Smith and Daniel Moltke Mogtaderi, and our undergraduate interns Ebba Hooft Toomey and Zoe Light. |
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ELAW Bulletin ELAW is pleased to welcome our summer legal interns Kara Smith and Daniel Moltke Mogtaderi, and our undergraduate interns Ebba Hooft Toomey and Zoe Light. |
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Jun 05, 2020
ELAW Bulletin We are pleased to share a new video about the power of scientists to advance environmental justice, produced by our friends at True Costs Initiative. |
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ELAW Bulletin We are pleased to share a new video about the power of scientists to advance environmental justice, produced by our friends at True Costs Initiative. |
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May 29, 2020
ELAW Bulletin 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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ELAW Bulletin 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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May 15, 2020
ELAW Bulletin 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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ELAW Bulletin 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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Apr 27, 2020
ELAW Bulletin 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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ELAW Bulletin 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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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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Apr 08, 2020
ELAW is thrilled to announce that Pedro León Gutiérrez is rejoining the ELAW team! |
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ELAW is thrilled to announce that Pedro León Gutiérrez is rejoining the ELAW team! |
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Apr 02, 2020
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. |
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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. |
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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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Mar 05, 2020
ELAW Bulletin 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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ELAW Bulletin 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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Feb 26, 2020
ELAW Bulletin Please join us in welcoming ELAW Fellow, Dickens Kamugisha, CEO at the Africa Institute for Energy Governance (AFIEGO). |
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ELAW Bulletin Please join us in welcoming ELAW Fellow, Dickens Kamugisha, CEO at the Africa Institute for Energy Governance (AFIEGO). |
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Feb 19, 2020
ELAW Bulletin 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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ELAW Bulletin 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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Jan 23, 2020
ELAW Bulletin We are pleased to report another big win by our partners at the Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association. |
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ELAW Bulletin We are pleased to report another big win by our partners at the Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association. |
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Jan 16, 2020
ELAW Bulletin 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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ELAW Bulletin 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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Jan 08, 2020
ELAW Bulletin 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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ELAW Bulletin 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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Jan 03, 2020
ELAW Bulletin We are pleased to welcome Olivier Bahemuke Ndoole to Eugene for a 10-week ELAW Fellowship. |
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ELAW Bulletin We are pleased to welcome Olivier Bahemuke Ndoole to Eugene for a 10-week ELAW Fellowship. |
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Dec 26, 2019
ELAW Bulletin 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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ELAW Bulletin 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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Taking on the Plastic Peril |
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Dec 10, 2019
ELAW Bulletin 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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ELAW Bulletin 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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Dec 06, 2019
ELAW Bulletin We are pleased to announce a new addition to our law team! |
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ELAW Bulletin We are pleased to announce a new addition to our law team! |
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Dec 03, 2019
ELAW Bulletin This Giving Tuesday, I hope you will support ELAW in our fight for environmental justice.
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ELAW Bulletin This Giving Tuesday, I hope you will support ELAW in our fight for environmental justice.
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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 21, 2019
ELAW Bulletin 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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ELAW Bulletin 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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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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Oct 31, 2019
ELAW Bulletin 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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ELAW Bulletin 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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Oct 21, 2019
ELAW Bulletin 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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ELAW Bulletin 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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Oct 09, 2019
ELAW Bulletin 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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ELAW Bulletin 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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Oct 04, 2019
ELAW Bulletin We are thrilled to welcome ELAW Fellow Saa Pascal Tenguiano from Conakry, Guinea. |
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ELAW Bulletin We are thrilled to welcome ELAW Fellow Saa Pascal Tenguiano from Conakry, Guinea. |
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Sep 09, 2019
ELAW Bulletin 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 Bulletin 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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Sep 05, 2019
ELAW Bulletin 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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ELAW Bulletin 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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