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Dec 31, 2015
ELAW Bulletin This month, Belize banned offshore exploration in seven areas within the Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System. |
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ELAW Bulletin This month, Belize banned offshore exploration in seven areas within the Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System. |
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Dec 23, 2015
ELAW eBulletin All the best in 2016 from everyone at ELAW! Market Watch has recognized ELAW as one of "10 little-known charities that do the most good"! |
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ELAW eBulletin All the best in 2016 from everyone at ELAW! Market Watch has recognized ELAW as one of "10 little-known charities that do the most good"! |
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Dec 15, 2015
ELAW eBulletin The largest independent charity evaluator in the U.S. awarded ELAW top marks, and named ELAW one of "10 Charities Worth Watching"! |
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ELAW eBulletin The largest independent charity evaluator in the U.S. awarded ELAW top marks, and named ELAW one of "10 Charities Worth Watching"! |
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Dec 07, 2015
Friday's Register-Guard featured a Guest Viewpoint by Bern Johnson, ELAW Executive Director. |
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Friday's Register-Guard featured a Guest Viewpoint by Bern Johnson, ELAW Executive Director. |
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Dec 03, 2015
ELAW eBulletin Peruvian authorities have repeatedly declared the town of Huaraz under a state of emergency due to melting Andean glaciers and a swelling glacial lake that threatens to inundate the town. In a pioneering battle, local farmer Saul Luciano Lliyua has filed suit against German energy giant RWE to protect his home from catastrophic floods. |
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ELAW eBulletin Peruvian authorities have repeatedly declared the town of Huaraz under a state of emergency due to melting Andean glaciers and a swelling glacial lake that threatens to inundate the town. In a pioneering battle, local farmer Saul Luciano Lliyua has filed suit against German energy giant RWE to protect his home from catastrophic floods. |
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Nov 11, 2015
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Oct 28, 2015
ELAW eBulletin Land conflicts between settlers and Miskito communities on Nicaragua's North Atlantic coast left at least 10 dead in September, and more this month. ELAW partner Lottie Cunningham Wren, a Miskito attorney, is working with community members to end the conflict. |
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ELAW eBulletin Land conflicts between settlers and Miskito communities on Nicaragua's North Atlantic coast left at least 10 dead in September, and more this month. ELAW partner Lottie Cunningham Wren, a Miskito attorney, is working with community members to end the conflict. |
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Oct 23, 2015
ELAW eBulletin Eugene Talk show host Sam Evans from Nonprofit Eugene set up shop in our conference room yesterday and interviewed ELAW Communications Director Maggie Keenan and ELAW partner Laura Palmese, a former ELAW Fellow, from Honduras. |
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ELAW eBulletin Eugene Talk show host Sam Evans from Nonprofit Eugene set up shop in our conference room yesterday and interviewed ELAW Communications Director Maggie Keenan and ELAW partner Laura Palmese, a former ELAW Fellow, from Honduras. |
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Oct 14, 2015
ELAW eBulletin India's unique environmental court -- the National Green Tribunal -- continues to make waves taking on egregious environmental abuses, including tanneries in Kanpur that have dumped untreated waste into the Ganges for decades. |
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ELAW eBulletin India's unique environmental court -- the National Green Tribunal -- continues to make waves taking on egregious environmental abuses, including tanneries in Kanpur that have dumped untreated waste into the Ganges for decades. |
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Oct 06, 2015
ELAW eBulletin More than 10 years ago, ELAW partner Eduardo Salazar and his organization Aja! came to the aid of a farming community in Murcia whose orchards on the Mediterranean Coast were threatened by a 3,500 unit housing development. The housing project also threatened Roman ruins. |
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ELAW eBulletin More than 10 years ago, ELAW partner Eduardo Salazar and his organization Aja! came to the aid of a farming community in Murcia whose orchards on the Mediterranean Coast were threatened by a 3,500 unit housing development. The housing project also threatened Roman ruins. |
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Oct 01, 2015
ELAW eBulletin Egyptians are concerned that their government is moving forward, without citizen input, to allow multinational cement corporations to switch from clean burning gas to polluting coal-fired kilns. |
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ELAW eBulletin Egyptians are concerned that their government is moving forward, without citizen input, to allow multinational cement corporations to switch from clean burning gas to polluting coal-fired kilns. |
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Sep 23, 2015
ELAW eBulletin "Lawyers around the world are galvanizing to seek climate justice." writes Jennifer Gleason in today's Climate Dialogue series at the London-based Business and Human Rights Resource Centre. |
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ELAW eBulletin "Lawyers around the world are galvanizing to seek climate justice." writes Jennifer Gleason in today's Climate Dialogue series at the London-based Business and Human Rights Resource Centre. |
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Sep 14, 2015
ELAW eBulletin Remote rivers in Ukraine's Carpathian Mountains are some of the most beautiful in the world. Sadly, these rivers are being targeted by corrupt investors who are installing small hydropower projects that are reducing rivers to a trickle, stranding fish. |
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ELAW eBulletin Remote rivers in Ukraine's Carpathian Mountains are some of the most beautiful in the world. Sadly, these rivers are being targeted by corrupt investors who are installing small hydropower projects that are reducing rivers to a trickle, stranding fish. |
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Sep 01, 2015
ELAW eBulletin ELAW was splashed across the cover of yesterday's Eugene Register-Guard, announcing our new home. |
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ELAW eBulletin ELAW was splashed across the cover of yesterday's Eugene Register-Guard, announcing our new home. |
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Aug 31, 2015
ELAW eBulletin The Defenders: Eugene Environmental Law Advocates Move to Historic Home |
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ELAW eBulletin The Defenders: Eugene Environmental Law Advocates Move to Historic Home |
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Aug 27, 2015
ELAW eBulletin You're invited to an ELAW Open House & Pearl District Block Party |
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ELAW eBulletin You're invited to an ELAW Open House & Pearl District Block Party |
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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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Aug 12, 2015
ELAW eBulletin Great news! India has shelved plans for a massive expansion of one of India's largest coal mines, which would have forced the relocation of 17 villages and impacted 135 schools and 90 public health centers. |
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ELAW eBulletin Great news! India has shelved plans for a massive expansion of one of India's largest coal mines, which would have forced the relocation of 17 villages and impacted 135 schools and 90 public health centers. |
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Jul 29, 2015
ELAW eBulletin ELAW Fellows from Honduras and Germany are busy this summer learning about waste management in Lane County and environmental tribunals around the world.
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ELAW eBulletin ELAW Fellows from Honduras and Germany are busy this summer learning about waste management in Lane County and environmental tribunals around the world.
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Jul 22, 2015
ELAW eBulletin ELAW partners at the Centre for Environmental Rights are working to stop the sprawl of open-pit coal mines in South Africa's Mpumalanga Province grasslands, bordering Swaziland and Mozambique. |
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ELAW eBulletin ELAW partners at the Centre for Environmental Rights are working to stop the sprawl of open-pit coal mines in South Africa's Mpumalanga Province grasslands, bordering Swaziland and Mozambique. |
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Jul 15, 2015
ELAW eBulletin Small hydropower plants in Ukraine's Carpathian Mountains are depriving communities of water. ELAW is working with partners at Environment-People-Law (EPL) to hold the Ministry of Environment accountable. |
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ELAW eBulletin Small hydropower plants in Ukraine's Carpathian Mountains are depriving communities of water. ELAW is working with partners at Environment-People-Law (EPL) to hold the Ministry of Environment accountable. |
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Jul 09, 2015
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Jun 26, 2015
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Jun 17, 2015
ELAW eBulletin ELAW Staff Scientist Meche Lu was in Peru yesterday, sharing her expertise with leading non-profit organizations that are assessing the impacts of a new law that fast tracks oil, mining, and other projects, at the expense of the environment and citizens' rights. Meche was beamed in from her desk here in Eugene, saving costly airfare and the associated greenhouse gas emissions. |
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ELAW eBulletin ELAW Staff Scientist Meche Lu was in Peru yesterday, sharing her expertise with leading non-profit organizations that are assessing the impacts of a new law that fast tracks oil, mining, and other projects, at the expense of the environment and citizens' rights. Meche was beamed in from her desk here in Eugene, saving costly airfare and the associated greenhouse gas emissions. |
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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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Jun 08, 2015
Protecting the Environment Through Law in Honduras |
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Protecting the Environment Through Law in Honduras |
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Jun 02, 2015
ELAW eBulletin Irene Fugara returned home to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, last month. Dar is Africa's third fastest growing city. "We struggle with polluting industries and poor waste management," says Irene, Staff Attorney at the Lawyers' Environmental Action Team. During her ELAW Fellowship, Irene learned about model waste management laws and practices around the world, and explored how Lane County treats solid waste and wastewater. |
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ELAW eBulletin Irene Fugara returned home to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, last month. Dar is Africa's third fastest growing city. "We struggle with polluting industries and poor waste management," says Irene, Staff Attorney at the Lawyers' Environmental Action Team. During her ELAW Fellowship, Irene learned about model waste management laws and practices around the world, and explored how Lane County treats solid waste and wastewater. |
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May 28, 2015
ELAW eBulletin ELAW Scientist Mark Chernaik traveled to Victoria, BC, last week to serve as expert witness for citizens calling for cleaner air in Kitimat. |
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ELAW eBulletin ELAW Scientist Mark Chernaik traveled to Victoria, BC, last week to serve as expert witness for citizens calling for cleaner air in Kitimat. |
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May 21, 2015
ELAW eBulletin Olena Kravch enko visited Eugene this week. Olena is the Executive Director of Environment-People-Law, Ukraine's leading public interest environmental law organization. ELAW has worked with EPL for many years to conserve biodiversity, protect forests, and hold polluters accountable. |
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ELAW eBulletin Olena Kravch enko visited Eugene this week. Olena is the Executive Director of Environment-People-Law, Ukraine's leading public interest environmental law organization. ELAW has worked with EPL for many years to conserve biodiversity, protect forests, and hold polluters accountable. |
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