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Environmental Hero: Pablo Fajardo
ELAW partner Pablo Fajardo is working to hold oil companies accountable for decades of polluting hundreds of square miles of Amazon rain forest. ELAW helped Pablo document the compensation Chevron has paid to communities impacted by far less egregious contamination by Chevron in the U.S.
Oil drilling in Ecuador has contaminated hundreds of square miles of Amazon rain forest. ELAW partner Pablo Fajardo is working to hold oil companies accountable for decades of polluting activities. ELAW helped Pablo document the compensation Chevron has paid to communities impacted by far less egregious contamination by Chevron in the U.S.
In 2007, Pablo was named a CNN Hero. This award was given to "ordinary people who have accomplished extraordinary deeds around the world."
Award-Winning Partners
Patricio Martin of Mexico and Miguel Fredes of Chile are recognized for their work to protect the environment.
ELAW partners are the world`s leading grassroots advocates, including seven winners of the Goldman Environmental Prize. Our latest award-winners hail from Mexico and Chile. Congratulations Patricio and Miguel!
Miguel Fredes
2006 Finalist: Environmentalist of the Year, Latin Trade Magazine
Protecting Patagonia
ELAW advocates in Chile have scored a tremendous victory for the snowy peaks and icy fjords of Central Patagonia. Toronto-based Noranda Inc. has canceled plans to build three dams and one of the world`s largest aluminum smelters in the Aysén region of so
November 2003
Lake Yulton
ELAW advocates in Chile have scored a tremendous victory for the snowy peaks and icy fjords of Central Patagonia. Toronto-based Noranda Inc. has canceled plans to build three dams and one of the world`s largest aluminum smelters in the Aysén region of southern Chile.
ELAW Defenders in India and Mexico Win Awards
ELAW advocates in India and Mexico have been recognized for their pioneering work defending the environment.
June 6, 2001 -- On May 16, the Dalai Lama honored Rakesh Jaiswal of Eco-Friends in Kanpur, India, as an "Unsung Hero of Compassion" in an award ceremony in San Jose, California. Yesterday, Dr. Raquel Gutierrez Najera of Guadalajara, Mexico, received the Ecological Merit Award from Mexico`s Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources in Palenque, Chiapas.
