Earth`s Leading Advocates Meet in Oregon

Fri, 20 Apr 2001 00:00:00 -0700

"Annual meetings build the bonds that make the E-LAW network strong."
- Bern Johnson, E-LAW U.S. Executive Director

Public Interest Environmental Law Conference

Fri, 20 Apr 2001 00:00:00 -0700

Following the E-LAW annual meeting, E-LAW advocates attended the 19th annual Public Interest Environmental Law Conference at the University of Oregon. This premier environmental law conference brought together activists, academics, lawyers, scientists and students for workshops, panels and inspiring keynote speeches. E-LAW advocates took part in a wide variety of panels.

In Danger: Green Sea Turtle

Fri, 20 Apr 2001 00:00:00 -0700

Focus on Mexico: Protecting the Environment and Public Health

Fri, 20 Apr 2001 00:00:00 -0700

In his inaugural address, Mexico President Vicente Fox promised to build a "Mexico with an environmental conscience." A growing network of public interest environmental lawyers across Mexico are making sure President Fox keeps his promise.

The American English Institute

Fri, 20 Apr 2001 00:00:00 -0700

Since 1991, the American English Institute (AEI) at the University of Oregon has granted scholarships to two dozen E-LAW lawyers and scientists from 14 countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Central and Eastern Europe.

Headlines: E-LAW in the News, Spring 2001

Fri, 20 Apr 2001 00:00:00 -0700

Mexican Environmentalists Oppose Thermoelectric Plant

March 4, 2001 — México`s leading news weekly, Proceso, reports that Alstom France and Sithe International are building two thermoelectric plants less than three miles from Sierra del Abra Tanchipa nature reserve in San Luis Potosi. E-LAW advocate Raquel Gutiérrez Nájera says the Environmental Impact Statement for the project was flawed. "The real repercussions regarding the water source and the biosphere reserve were hidden."