State lawmakers across the country are trying to amend their constitutions to guarantee residents the right to a healthy environment. It could propel a flurry of legal cases against Big Oil. In state ...
In its current form, the ASEAN Declaration on Environmental Rights lacks the necessary forward-thinking provisions for effective environmental and social safeguards. This needs to change as the people ...
Supporters of the Lake Erie Bill of Rights rally in front of the federal courthouse in Toledo, Ohio in January. “They draft laws in advance and wait ‘for the opportunity of the crisis to be presented, ...
Civil society and Indigenous rights groups are calling for greater public participation and transparency in the drafting process of what they say could be a pivotal agreement to protect environmental ...
Because the courts have not fleshed out all the nuances of what the Environmental Rights Amendment means, this superficially procedural decision may have important implications for how that ...
A new state-wide coalition wants to add an environmental rights amendment to the Oregon Constitution. It would enshrine the right to a healthy environment in the Bill of Rights. Proponents say making ...
Communities of color in Chicago, and nationally, are typically exposed to more air pollution, hazardous waste and PFAS, a class of man-made chemicals associated with adverse health effects. Latino ...
Malta has experienced a progressive degradation of the environment over the last years. Last October, we had a raging public controversy of unprecedented proportions when parliament, ...
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Arizona state Sen. Juan Mendez was writing a bill to strengthen water protections in Arizona when he learned about an emerging legal idea that he now believes could provide even stronger and broader ...