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What We Do ELAW finds the most committed environmental defenders working in low-income communities and collaborates with them to advance environmental justice. Learn more about ELAW's role and our work around the world here.
ELAW Impact [ archive ]
Important victories for the environment won by E-LAW advocates worldwide.
- 11/14/2007 - 01:00
For the first time, residents of Webuye, Kenya have scientific proof that they are being forced to breathe contaminated air. The Resources Conflict Institute will use this evidence to call for corporate accountability and compensation for the pollution victims.
- 11/27/2006 - 01:00
The Achuar of the Northern Amazon rainforests lived relatively undisturbed for thousands of years. Starting in the early 1970s, multinational oil companies began drilling for oil and dumping contaminated by-products into rivers. ELAW helped stop the poll
- 12/01/2005 - 01:00
ELAW U.S. helped win a unanimous landmark
ruling this year from the European Court of
Human Rights that could improve the lives of
thousands in Russia who suffer from pollution-related illnesses, and fundamentally shift thinking in Europe on the conne - 12/01/2005 - 01:00
ELAW advocate Miguel Fredes has scored a
major victory against a multi-million dollar
illegal logging racket that was devastating
ancient forests in southern Chile. - 11/12/2004 - 01:00
Courageous lawyers at Green Advocates in Liberia drew support from ELAW U.S. to draft and pass Liberia`s first framework environmental law.
E-Bulletin [ archive ]
ELAW U.S. E-Bulletins report breaking news on ELAW events and environmental victories around the globe.
- 01/12/2010 - 17:03
Agnes Gajdics has arrived from Hungary! She is our new ELAW Fellow and will spend the next nine weeks learning English and collaborating with ELAW staff to protect communities in Hungary from polluting coal mines, hazardous waste, and other environmental abuses.
- 10/21/2009 - 16:10
Euren Cuevas, an environmental lawyer from the Dominican Republic, is spending the next six weeks at the ELAW office in Eugene, learning English and collaborating with ELAW staff. We are excited to have him here with us!
- 06/04/2009 - 16:30
ELAW partner Raquel Gutierrez Najera wins a 2009 Environmental Merit Award at a World Environment Day celebration in Mexico.
- 03/05/2009 - 15:21
ELAW partners from 25 countries traveled to Eugene for the 2009 ELAW Annual Meeting. They gained skills and resources that will make them more effective advocates for their communities and wild places.
- 02/10/2009 - 12:02
ELAW partner Alfred Brownell has won a tremendous victory for Liberia's forests, the rule of law, and for citizens who want a voice in decisions about how their natural resources are managed.
Partner Press Releases [ archive ]
E-LAW advocates around the world publicize their activities and victories.
- 08/20/2009 - 14:17
Aerial photos from Belize reveal that water below the Macal River dam is filled with sediment, posing immediate danger to communities downstream.
- 07/31/2009 - 14:36
ELAW partners in Belize join the chorus of disapproval over secrecy surrounding the National Environmental Appraisal Committee.
- 06/24/2009 - 09:36
After years of petitioning and testifying that the Belize Barrier Reef System was suffering from great damage due to climate change as well as other factors, like tourism, cruise ships, loosely controlled coastal development, and overfishing, ELAW partners at Belize Institute of Environmental Law and Policy (BELPO), with support from many Belize Alliance of Conservation NGOs (BACONGO) members and others, are calling for added protection.
- 06/19/2009 - 10:39
ELAW partners at the Papua New Guinea Eco Forestry Forum announce that the National Court has issued injunctions to stop the Office of Climate Change and the Department of Lands from taking further steps to issue rights over the forests of Kamula Doso in PNG's Western province.
- 05/28/2009 - 10:06
ELAW partners in Baja California are working to protect Punta Banda from a proposed golf course and resort. Tiger Woods is involved in designing the course and a Texas billionaire is financing it.
ELAW Press [ archive ]
E-LAW U.S. activities reported in the global press.
- 12/18/2009 - 16:54
The proposed Arcediano Dam has been an international outrage because of the environmental and human rights impacts. One resident, Mrs. Lara, refused to leave her home. With the help of IDEA attorney Raquel Gutierrez and ELAW Staff Scientist Meche Lu, the residents forced the Mexican Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources to revoke its previous authorization for the project.
- 10/21/2009 - 14:01
CRUDE: The Real Price of Oil is coming to the Northwest. This award winning documentary features ELAW Partner and Goldman Prize winner Pablo Fajardo, and his community's fight to obtain justice from ChevronTexaco for the devastation of the Ecuadorian Amazon. We recommend that you go see it.
- 09/08/2009 - 14:57
The Register-Guard reports on Pablo Fajardo's work seeking justice for communities in the Ecuadorean Amazon who have suffered for decades from oil industry abuses.
- 08/18/2009 - 16:56
Pablo Fajardo lives in northeastern Ecuador. He cherishes his community and the beauty of the surrounding Amazon rainforest. When he learned that his neighbors' livestock were dying from falling into petroleum pits and people were falling ill from polluted water, he knew he had to do something.
- 08/05/2009 - 13:38
Pablo Fajardo is an amazing person. He is an ELAW Partner, Goldman Prize winner and lead attorney in the Ecuadorean Amazon case against ChevronTexaco.