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Sacred Lands and Human Rights

Pro bono legal work in Brazil strives to save Indigenous lands

News 1 year ago

Pro bono publico is Latin for “in the public interest,” and refers to free work done by lawyers or other professionals to provide services to … Continue reading →

‘Cultivating Community’ and Environmental Law

One of the largest and oldest public interest environmental law conferences in the world is being held in Eugene

News 1 year ago

Since 1983, PIELC has taken over the University of Oregon Law school for three days full of workshops, panels and discussions about climate justice and … Continue reading →

Overlaying a Toxic Problem

Beyond Toxics is pushing for a public health overlay zone to reduce the potential of pollution from industrially zoned sites

EW-Extra 2 years ago

Arjorie Arberry-Baribeault said a friend who she had grown up with reached out to her one day, with concern in her voice.  It was someone … Continue reading →

‘Humanity is Doomed’

Mike Meyer and Jill Leffingwell describe what youth thinks about the future of humanity.

EW-Extra 2 years ago

The heat is rising. Oregon is fired up, literally. Then-Gov. Kate Brown declared several state of emergencies in 2020 due to climate crisis-related disasters related … Continue reading →

Climate in Law

David Bookbinder, PIELC keynote speaker and panelist, talks climate legislation, climate change and Jordan Cove

News 5 years ago

Oregon House Republicans had just walked off the job at the Legislature when Eugene Weekly talked with David Bookbinder, chief counsel for the libertarian think … Continue reading →

Oregon State University climate Scientist Talks About Wildfires and Climate Change Denial

Dominique Bachelet will speak March 1 at PIELC

News 6 years ago

After years studying the impact of climate change on rice yields in Asia, climate scientist Dominique Bachelet and the team of researchers she was working … Continue reading →

Eric Descheenie on Indigenous Ways of Knowing at PIELC

A Q&A with the former Arizona state representative

News 6 years ago

When Eric Descheenie, a former state representative in the Arizona legislature , was invited to speak at the 37th annual Public Interest Environmental Law Conference … Continue reading →

Smell No Evil, See No Evil, Drink No Evil

Challenging the massive power and traumatic environmental impact of factory farms

BlogNews 7 years ago

This article is full of shit: Cow shit. Pig shit. Chicken shit. Mounds of shit seeping from mega-farms into drinking water. Bullshit from lobbyists trying … Continue reading →

More Trees More Life

PIELC speaker presents benefits of natural environments

News 7 years ago

Kathleen Wolf, a researcher at the University of Washington, says that when she was an urban forester in the ’80s, requesting from the city of … Continue reading →

Controversial Speaker Sparks Outcry

Protest leads to arrest at Eugene library

News 7 years ago

Once known as a “philosopher poet” among environmentalists, Derrick Jensen of the group Deep Green Resistance is better known these days for sparking protests against … Continue reading →

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