Hero for the Environment

lauren — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:43:46 -0800

Leslie Brockelbank

Left to right: David Piercy, Eugene Mayor Kitty Piercy and Leslie Brockelbank.

ELAW Fellows: Making a Difference

lauren — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:04:39 -0800

Many grassroots advocates work in isolation, without access to the legal and scientific tools they need to protect communities and the environment. ELAW Fellowships provide ELAW partners with critical skills and resources, and enhance international collaboration so they no longer feel so alone. More than 100 grassroots advocates have traveled to Eugene to work with ELAW as Fellows.

Climate Solutions

lauren — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:12:02 -0800

The Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide is working with partners around the world to meet the challenge of protecting our global climate.

What are we breathing? Ask pDR-1000

lauren — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:00:34 -0800

When the air smells bad and the nearby factory is pumping out smoke, citizens ask: Is this dangerous to our health? ELAW scientists are helping partners around the world find out.

ELAW is shipping its pDR-1000 handheld airborne particulate meter around the world to help ELAW partners clear the air.

India Pollution Control Board Pulls the Plug on Worst Offenders

lauren — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:52:45 -0800

ELAW partner Nity Jayaramand

Paint, pesticide and pharmaceutical manufacturers at the government-owned SIPCOT industrial complex in Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu, India, are endangering residents with toxic emissions.

Relief in Sight for Families in Hazaribagh

lauren — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:26:51 -0800

Catastrophe in Ecuador

lauren — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:13:09 -0800

Pablo Fajardo Seeks Justice in the Amazon

“The best thing one can do to secure the future of her children is to leave behind a livable earth – a place that allows us to breathe, dream, evolve, assist and when necessary, resist.”

Rizwana Hasan

Pablo Fajardo with Cofan community members from Lago Agrio.

Autumn 2009