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Volunteers, interns, and pro bono experts help ELAW provide the legal and scientific tools partners need. We appreciate the people who contribute their time and expertise to support grassroots advocates working around the world to build a sustainable, just future.

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We are pleased to welcome Erick Kassongo, our first ELAW Fellow from the largest nation in Sub-Saharan Africa -- the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

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Thanks to your support, organizations are recognizing ELAW for our good work! We were thrilled when MarketWatch highlighted ELAW as one of "10 Little-Known Charities That Do the Most Good" in December 2015.  Most recently, ELAW was named a 2016 Top-Rated Nonprofit by GreatNonprofits!

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All of us at ELAW U.S. were disappointed by the results of the U.S. presidential election. Now, with strong support from our partners around the world, our disappointment is turning to resolve.

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We are happy to share fantastic news from Spain - the Cabo Cope and Puntas de Calnegre natural protected areas on the southeast coast of Spain have been saved from a massive commercial and residential development.

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ELAW partners at Environment-People-Law in Ukraine last month celebrated an important victory for democracy and the rule of law.

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Solar installers with AES Renew and Solar Assist will erect a 3.5kW solar array on the roof of a 102-year old historic Eugene building, home to the Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide, on Tuesday, October 25, at 1:00PM at 1412 Pearl Street.

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Lottie Cunningham Wren has worked with ELAW and colleagues around the world to shine light on the silent war facing her people in Nicaragua.

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ELAW Fellow Samyra Idllalene, a law professor at Cadi Ayyad University in Marrakech, is exploring how Islamic law and other legal systems work to protect natural heritage.

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We are thrilled to share great news from Jamaica - the Goat Islands are saved!  A plan for a trans-shipment port and logistics hub in the Portland Bight Protected Area near Jamaica's Goat Islands has been canceled because of the threat of serious environmental damage.

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A car rally proposed in the Aravalli Hills in the State of Haryana, India has been rerouted away from ecologically sensitive areas.

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Moroccan legal scholar Dr. Samira Idllalène is here working with ELAW this fall. Samira is a law professor at Cadi Ayyad University in Marrakech and our first partner from Morocco.

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Indigenous peoples in North Nicaragua are under assault from settlers in a crisis that began last year tied to natural resource extraction and illegal sale of indigenous territory.

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Stop by ELAW during the Pearl Street Block Party for an Open House, cider-tasting with WildCraft Cider Works, and live music by John Baumann of Satori Bob!

Five years ago, a cargo ship sailed from Indonesia loaded with 60,000 metric tons of coal, heading for a power plant in Gujarat, India.  It was not seaworthy and sank off the coast of Mumbai, spilling fuel oil that contaminated the ocean and coastal beaches. The Indian government rescued the crew and responded to the oil spill, but the ship and the coal remain on the ocean floor.

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Ecologists must think of themselves as the bridge between information and action - by sharing what we know, we can make a difference in protecting our planet.

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ELAW Fellow Daena Rosa Lobo is sharing lessons with federal and state judges, and learning first-hand about the U.S. judiciary system.

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ELAW partner Zelda Soriano at Greenpeace writes with good news: "For the first time ever, a national human rights body has ordered the world's largest fossil fuel companies to respond to allegations that they have contributed to human rights abuses in the Philippines."

Zelda is Legal & Political Advisor for Greenpeace Southeast Asia.

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An ELAW partner from Pakistan is bringing a pioneering case seeking climate justice for children and future generations.

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We were thrilled to learn the Jamaican government has shelved a controversial multi-million dollar breakwater project that would have damaged Negril's marine environment.

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We are pleased to introduce our summer ELAW Fellow, Daena Rosa Lobo.  Daena is a sentencing judge in Tegucigalpa, Honduras and was recommended for a Fellowship by ELAW partners at Instituto de Derecho Ambiental de Honduras (Environmental Law Institute of Honduras, IDAMHO).

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Associate Director Lori Maddox reflects on work in Mesoamerica to protect reefs and mangroves. She writes: "New Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) rules in Honduras are a step backward, allowing for more development with less oversight."

Eduardo Mosqueda Sánchez is Free, Summer 2016

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Our colleagues at the Centro de Incidencia Ambiental (CIAM) invited ELAW board member Dr. Glenn Miller to be their keynote speaker at: "Environmental threats from extractive activities and their impact on human welfare," a conference held at the City of Knowledge Training and Business Center.

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Courageous advocates from around the world gathered in Quito and the cloud forest of Ecuador last week for ELAW's 2016 Annual International Meeting.

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Beat the heat and join the ELAW team after work on Thursday, June 2nd for Ninkasi Brewing Company's Pints for a Cause! 

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We are thrilled to report that Eduardo Arturo Mosqueda Sánchez, a young Mexican human rights and environmental lawyer, has been freed from detention.  Eduardo has been imprisoned on bogus charges since July 22, when he was seized while working to defend the Nahua people in Jalisco State.

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Join ELAW Fellow Kristina Sabova for a discussion of her organization’s work with ELAW to keep coal in the ground.  Kristina leads an international team of lawyers at Frank Bold, an environmental organization in the Czech Republic. ELAW and Frank Bold are working together to protect communities from polluting coal plants and advance green energy solutions.

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The small Himalayan village of Lippa in far north Himachal Pradesh, India, won a David and Goliath battle last week against the State which sought to move forward on a hydroelectric project that would destroy forest and likely bury Lippa village in a flood of silt.

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In 1986, Olena Kravchenko joined hundreds of school children marching in a May Day parade in Kyiv, Ukraine.

This was five days after the April 26 steam explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant sent a plume of radioactivity over the western Soviet Union, Europe, and the eastern U.S.