Peru is taking bold steps to protect the climate through law. Last week, Peru's Congress unanimously approved the Ley Marco sobre Cambio Climático - the nation's first framework climate change law.
Peru is taking bold steps to protect the climate through law. Last week, Peru's Congress unanimously approved the Ley Marco sobre Cambio Climático - the nation's first framework climate change law.
Peruvian authorities have repeatedly declared the town of Huaraz under a state of emergency due to melting Andean glaciers and a swelling glacial lake that threatens to inundate the town. In a pioneering battle, local farmer Saul Luciano Lliyua has filed suit against German energy giant RWE to protect his home from catastrophic floods.
Peruvian authorities have repeatedly declared the town of Huaraz under a state of emergency due to melting Andean glaciers and a swelling glacial lake that threatens to inundate the town. In a pioneering battle, local farmer Saul Luciano Lliyua has filed suit against German energy giant RWE to protect his home from catastrophic floods.
ELAW eBulletin ELAW Staff Scientist Meche Lu was in Peru yesterday, sharing her expertise with leading non-profit organizations that are assessing the impacts of a new law that fast tracks oil, mining, and other projects, at the expense of the environment and citizens' rights. Meche was beamed in from her desk here in Eugene, saving costly airfare and the associated greenhouse gas emissions.
ELAW eBulletin ELAW Staff Scientist Meche Lu was in Peru yesterday, sharing her expertise with leading non-profit organizations that are assessing the impacts of a new law that fast tracks oil, mining, and other projects, at the expense of the environment and citizens' rights. Meche was beamed in from her desk here in Eugene, saving costly airfare and the associated greenhouse gas emissions.
ELAW eBulletin The Peruvian Amazon is threatened by oil and gas operations, palm oil plantations, and artisanal gold mining. ELAW Staff Scientist Meche Lu was in Iquitos last week, the largest city in the Peruvian rainforest.
ELAW eBulletin The Peruvian Amazon is threatened by oil and gas operations, palm oil plantations, and artisanal gold mining. ELAW Staff Scientist Meche Lu was in Iquitos last week, the largest city in the Peruvian rainforest.
ELAW Advocate, Summer, 2010: Around the world, people are watching the impacts of the BP/Deepwater Horizon catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico, concerned a similar incident might unfold along their shores. Oil consumption by the developed world is driving multinationals to explore for oil under every rock and reef. In Belize, for example nearly every inch offshore is already charted for oil development. The good news is that ELAW partners in Belize have captured the moment and joined an alliance of more than 40 organizations seeking a moratorium on oil drilling offshore and in protected areas. The Belize Coalition to Save Our Natural Heritage will draw lessons from Costa Rica and other places where public interest lawyers have effectively deterred oil development in fragile marine ecosystems.
ELAW Advocate, Summer, 2010: Around the world, people are watching the impacts of the BP/Deepwater Horizon catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico, concerned a similar incident might unfold along their shores. Oil consumption by the developed world is driving multinationals to explore for oil under every rock and reef. In Belize, for example nearly every inch offshore is already charted for oil development. The good news is that ELAW partners in Belize have captured the moment and joined an alliance of more than 40 organizations seeking a moratorium on oil drilling offshore and in protected areas. The Belize Coalition to Save Our Natural Heritage will draw lessons from Costa Rica and other places where public interest lawyers have effectively deterred oil development in fragile marine ecosystems.
