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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.
- 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.
- 11/12/2008 - 16:47
ELAW Associate Director Lori Maddox just returned from a week with the Mesoamerican Legal Strategy Group in Belize. They worked in Dangriga, Hopkins, Punta Gorda, Conejo, Belmopan, San Ignacio, and South Water Caye. Their focus was responding to the impacts of climate change.
- 10/07/2008 - 14:43
Swazi environmental lawyer Thuli Brilliance Makama, her family, and her organization are facing intimidating threats because of their work to protect the rights of local communities.
Partner Press Releases [ archive ]
E-LAW advocates around the world publicize their activities and victories.
- 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.
- 04/22/2009 - 12:43
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.
- 04/22/2009 - 12:21
ELAW partners in Belize speak out against a decision to grant U.S. Capital Energy permission to conduct seismic testing in Sarstoon Temash National Park. The Park was designated a protected area in 1997 and joined the Ramsar list of Wetlands of International Importance in 2005.
ELAW Press [ archive ]
E-LAW U.S. activities reported in the global press.
- 05/22/2009 - 09:36
ELAW partner Rizwana Hasan from Bangladesh received a Goldman Prize for her work challenging abuses of Bangladesh's exploitative and environmentally-devastating ship breaking industry.
- 03/13/2009 - 11:39
ELAW partners from 25 countries traveled to Eugene for the 2009 ELAW Annual Meeting, February 22 - 26. See news reports on our partners and this inspired gathering.
- 11/24/2008 - 12:44
Staff Attorney Jennifer Gleason is helping lawyers around the world advance laws that encourage the production of electricity from renewable sources. This work is helping policymakers in Oregon promote the use of renewable energy.
- 11/10/2008 - 16:27
ELAW Staff Attorney Jennifer Gleason is interviewed by Etopia News about Oregon Governor Kulongoski's proposal for a pilot program for renewable energy payments (REPs) and the effort to implement these REPs.
- 10/16/2008 - 16:26
ELAW Fellow Antoinette Moore speaks with Tripp Sommer on KLCC-FM’s Northwest Passage. Antoinette spent two weeks in Eugene to advance her work protecting the traditional land rights of Mayan villagers.