Jun 08, 2014
Earth Day call to action by ELAW parters at Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers’ Association |
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Earth Day call to action by ELAW parters at Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers’ Association |
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Jun 06, 2014
ELAW Bulletin "I never intended to become a lawyer," Fernando told me. As a child, Fernando read a marine mammal encyclopedia and dreamed of becoming a marine biologist. His father persuaded him that law was a practical tool and besides, Mexico City was far from the ocean... |
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ELAW Bulletin "I never intended to become a lawyer," Fernando told me. As a child, Fernando read a marine mammal encyclopedia and dreamed of becoming a marine biologist. His father persuaded him that law was a practical tool and besides, Mexico City was far from the ocean... |
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Saying No to Coal |
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Jun 02, 2014
ELAW Bulletin China faces enormous environmental challenges. Ashley White, contract attorney, is helping the Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide (ELAW) reach out to new partners in China to build the worldwide corps of grassroots advocates. |
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ELAW Bulletin China faces enormous environmental challenges. Ashley White, contract attorney, is helping the Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide (ELAW) reach out to new partners in China to build the worldwide corps of grassroots advocates. |
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May 26, 2014
ELAW partners at Adam Teva V’Din join call for an end to monopoly in the natural gas exploration sector. |
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ELAW partners at Adam Teva V’Din join call for an end to monopoly in the natural gas exploration sector. |
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May 22, 2014
ELAW Bulletin The Grasberg mine, one of the world's largest gold mines, is located near Tembagapura, West Papua. The mine displaced the Amungme people in 1973. Since then, local rivers and springs used for drinking water have been contaminated and the mine has destroyed the top of a mountain the Amungme hold sacred. |
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ELAW Bulletin The Grasberg mine, one of the world's largest gold mines, is located near Tembagapura, West Papua. The mine displaced the Amungme people in 1973. Since then, local rivers and springs used for drinking water have been contaminated and the mine has destroyed the top of a mountain the Amungme hold sacred. |
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ELAW partner Gerthie Mayo-Anda undaunted by risks |
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May 15, 2014
ELAW Bulletin India's National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered the inspection of 956 factories that release effluents into the India's most sacred waterway. |
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ELAW Bulletin India's National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered the inspection of 956 factories that release effluents into the India's most sacred waterway. |
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May 13, 2014
Australian government risks undermining environmental regulation. |
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Australian government risks undermining environmental regulation. |
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May 07, 2014
ELAW Bulletin Last week, ELAW partners in the Philippines rejoiced when local government officials shelved plans to allow a company to dump coal ash on beachfront property in Naga City. |
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ELAW Bulletin Last week, ELAW partners in the Philippines rejoiced when local government officials shelved plans to allow a company to dump coal ash on beachfront property in Naga City. |
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The Great Barrier Reef is threatened by a coal port. |
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Norwegian Cruise Line is under fire. |
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Apr 30, 2014
Plans to dump coal ash on a beachfront in Naga City are shelved. |
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Plans to dump coal ash on a beachfront in Naga City are shelved. |
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Apr 30, 2014
ELAW Bulletin "Ultra Mega" is the term for 12 new super-sized coal-fired power plants proposed to meet India's energy needs. Communities near Cheyyur Lagoon are concerned about plans for an Ultra Mega coal-fired power plant. |
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ELAW Bulletin "Ultra Mega" is the term for 12 new super-sized coal-fired power plants proposed to meet India's energy needs. Communities near Cheyyur Lagoon are concerned about plans for an Ultra Mega coal-fired power plant. |
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Apr 17, 2014
ELAW Bulletin ELAW is thrilled to learn that Abu Bakar Siddique, who was abducted April 16, 1014, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, has been returned. Abu Bakar Siddique is the husband of ELAW partner Syeda Rizwana Hasan, the winner of the 2012 Ramon Magsaysay Award and the 2009 Goldman Environmental Prize, and the leader of the Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA). |
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ELAW Bulletin ELAW is thrilled to learn that Abu Bakar Siddique, who was abducted April 16, 1014, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, has been returned. Abu Bakar Siddique is the husband of ELAW partner Syeda Rizwana Hasan, the winner of the 2012 Ramon Magsaysay Award and the 2009 Goldman Environmental Prize, and the leader of the Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA). |
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Apr 08, 2014
ELAW Press Fishing communities in Malaysia are worried about plans to build an artificial island for 12,000 homes, and a marina and yacht club off the east coast of Penang Island. ELAW Staff Scientists Mark Chernaik and Heidi Weiskel evaluated the project's environmental impact assessment (DEIA) and found it grossly underestimates the project's impact on fisheries and the environment. |
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ELAW Press Fishing communities in Malaysia are worried about plans to build an artificial island for 12,000 homes, and a marina and yacht club off the east coast of Penang Island. ELAW Staff Scientists Mark Chernaik and Heidi Weiskel evaluated the project's environmental impact assessment (DEIA) and found it grossly underestimates the project's impact on fisheries and the environment. |
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Apr 08, 2014
ELAW Bulletin Dear friends, Mandakhaitsetsen "Manda" Urantulkhuur arrived from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, last week for a 10-week ELAW Fellowship. This is her first visit to the U.S. |
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ELAW Bulletin Dear friends, Mandakhaitsetsen "Manda" Urantulkhuur arrived from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, last week for a 10-week ELAW Fellowship. This is her first visit to the U.S. |
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Apr 03, 2014
ELAW Bulletin Fishing communities in Malaysia are worried about plans to build an artificial island for 12,000 homes, and a marina and yacht club off the east coast of Penang Island. |
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ELAW Bulletin Fishing communities in Malaysia are worried about plans to build an artificial island for 12,000 homes, and a marina and yacht club off the east coast of Penang Island. |
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Mar 28, 2014
ELAW Bulletin ELAW Fellows Oksana Imetkhenova and Liubov Balandina returned to Ulan-Ude earlier this month with new tools and inspiration to protect Lake Baikal and surrounding forests. |
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ELAW Bulletin ELAW Fellows Oksana Imetkhenova and Liubov Balandina returned to Ulan-Ude earlier this month with new tools and inspiration to protect Lake Baikal and surrounding forests. |
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Mar 19, 2014
ELAW Bulletin ELAW partner Norma Alvares of the Goa Foundation has won a tremendous victory in India. The Bombay High Court ruled that the Grand Hyatt Hotel was illegally constructed in the protected Coastal Regulation Zone, which prohibits development within 200 meters of the sea coast and 100 meters of tidal rivers. |
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ELAW Bulletin ELAW partner Norma Alvares of the Goa Foundation has won a tremendous victory in India. The Bombay High Court ruled that the Grand Hyatt Hotel was illegally constructed in the protected Coastal Regulation Zone, which prohibits development within 200 meters of the sea coast and 100 meters of tidal rivers. |
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Mar 04, 2014
ELAW Bulletin We were surprised and thrilled Saturday night to learn that we were receiving the 2014 David Brower Lifetime Achievement Award. The students of Land Air Water, the organizers of the Public Interest Environmental Law Conference (PIELC), awarded us this high honor. |
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ELAW Bulletin We were surprised and thrilled Saturday night to learn that we were receiving the 2014 David Brower Lifetime Achievement Award. The students of Land Air Water, the organizers of the Public Interest Environmental Law Conference (PIELC), awarded us this high honor. |
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Feb 27, 2014
ELAW eBulletin ELAW Fellows and visitors from five continents have come together in Eugene to work with the ELAW team. Read about the inspiring work of partners from Uganda, Panama, Turkey, and Mongolia in the current Eugene Weekly. |
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ELAW eBulletin ELAW Fellows and visitors from five continents have come together in Eugene to work with the ELAW team. Read about the inspiring work of partners from Uganda, Panama, Turkey, and Mongolia in the current Eugene Weekly. |
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Feb 26, 2014
ELAW Press ELAW Fellows and visitors from five continents have come together in Eugene to work with the ELAW team. Read about the inspiring work of partners from Uganda, Panama, Turkey, and Mongolia in the current Eugene Weekly. |
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ELAW Press ELAW Fellows and visitors from five continents have come together in Eugene to work with the ELAW team. Read about the inspiring work of partners from Uganda, Panama, Turkey, and Mongolia in the current Eugene Weekly. |
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Marine Protected Areas for Haiti |
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Feb 20, 2014
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Feb 10, 2014
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Jan 30, 2014
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Jan 23, 2014
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Jan 09, 2014
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Jan 07, 2014
ELAW Press ELAW partner Diana McCaulay at the Jamaica Environment Trust says, "The lack of transparency that has attended this important matter from the outset is nothing short of disgraceful." |
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ELAW Press ELAW partner Diana McCaulay at the Jamaica Environment Trust says, "The lack of transparency that has attended this important matter from the outset is nothing short of disgraceful." |
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Jan 06, 2014
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Jan 02, 2014
ELAW Press Tanzania's anti-poaching "Operation Tokomeza" was suspended following reports of rampant human rights abuses. ELAW partner Rugemeleza Nshala says the operation targeted "small fish." Rugemeleza says "we need to identify and stop the heavyweights behind the illicit trade." |
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ELAW Press Tanzania's anti-poaching "Operation Tokomeza" was suspended following reports of rampant human rights abuses. ELAW partner Rugemeleza Nshala says the operation targeted "small fish." Rugemeleza says "we need to identify and stop the heavyweights behind the illicit trade." |
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