JURIST

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Three Portuguese environmental groups, Ultimo Recurso, Quercus and Sciaeno, filed a legal action in court Monday against the Portuguese government in response to the perceived lack of effort to enact legislation created to tackle climate change. This act represents the growing rise of climate-related lawsuits.

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JURIST

JUNE 2, 2023

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) announced Friday that they are “deeply troubled” by the detention of environmental human rights defender Hoang Thi Minh Hong in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. ” The US also voiced concern over Hong’s arrest on Friday.

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JURIST

JULY 22, 2022

In response to the probe, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner stated that “the City of Houston was stunned and disappointed” to learn about the investigation and that it is a “slap in the face to the City and the many people who diligently work to address illegal dumping daily and prevent environmental injustice.”

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JURIST

MARCH 20, 2022

The Escazú Treaty is an environmental treaty signed by 24 Latin American and Caribbean nations and is the first such treaty emerging from the region. It aims to achieve “access to environmental information, public participation in the environmental decision-making process and access to justice in environmental matters.”

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JURIST

JUNE 14, 2021

Swiss citizens voted against three environmental laws Sunday, rejecting proposed initiatives that sought to improve their long-term quality of life. The third proposed environmental initiative was a CO2 law with measures that aimed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.

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JURIST

JULY 7, 2023

Environmental and legal organizations Friends of the Earth , Client Earth and Good Law Project filed their claim against UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Carbon Budget Delivery Plan with the High Court. The post Environmental organizations bring legal challenge against UK government’s climate plans appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Austrian environmental group AllRise announced that it filed an official complaint with the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday accusing Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro of “crimes against humanity” for his role in the destruction of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest.

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JURIST

JANUARY 12, 2023

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Wednesday rejected a petition by the Center for Biological Diversity to list discarded polyvinyl chloride as hazardous waste under federal law. Whereas, the new rule they are seeking is limited to the environmental or health hazard caused by the ill-treatment of solid waste.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Human Rights Watch Monday reported that the Egyptian government is s everely curtailing environmental groups’ ability to carry out independent policy, advocacy and field work essential to protecting the country’s natural environment. The report comes as Egypt prepares to host the 2022 UN climate conference (COP27) in November.

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JURIST

AUGUST 14, 2023

As wildfires plague Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Slovenia, Spain and many other countries across the globe witness the effects of climate change, it’s apparent that the EU’s environmental policy is in trouble. The increase of environmental obligations upon companies prompted several of them to relocate their installations outside of the EU.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

” Italy is not the first nation to enshrine environmental preservation in its constitution. In 1994, Argentina amended its charter to set minimum standards of environmental protection. ” The post Italian parliament votes to enshrine environmental protections in constitution appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JURIST

AUGUST 3, 2023

The post Kenya logging ban reinstated by land court amid environmental concerns appeared first on JURIST - News. This case will be heard inter-partes on August 14, 2023.

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JURIST

JULY 21, 2021

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court decision on Monday rejecting an environmental challenge to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The post US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rejects environmental challenge to DACA appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary.

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HowAppealing

JULY 9, 2023

“Environmental takeaways from a transformative Supreme Court term”: Pamela King of Greenwire has this report. The post “Environmental takeaways from a transformative Supreme Court term” appeared first on How Appealing.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

A coalition of environmental groups Friday sued the city of Chico in Northern California over its approval to build 2,777 new homes and other public facilities — without assessing the risk of wildfires in the area. They claimed that the city’s EIR violates the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

The Peruvian Ministry of Environment (MINAM) issued a public statement Friday rejecting the Congress of the Republic’s approval of Bill 412 , which exonerates bankrupt mining companies from complying with environmental certifications.

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JURIST

MARCH 14, 2023

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Tuesday proposed a regulation to limit the amount of six different per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water. The post US Environmental Protection Agency proposes to limit ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JURIST

APRIL 4, 2023

Last week Kazakhstan brought an action for violation of environmental protection against North Caspian Operating Company (NCOC) , the consortium leading development of the country’s massive Kashagan oil field, in the amount of about $5.14 billion USD. The company filed a petition.

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JURIST

AUGUST 7, 2023

Protesters demonstrated in Belém, Brazil on Sunday during a Brazilian government environmental conference, The Amazonian Dialogues, against the state oil company Petrobras’s proposal to begin offshore drilling at the mouth of the Amazon River. The proposed project is located in deep waters off the Brazillian state of Amapá.

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JURIST

JUNE 21, 2021

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court in Cambodia charged four environmental activists with conspiracy and insulting the king, a prosecutor confirmed Monday, after three activists were arrested for documenting waste discharge into a city river. The charge for insulting the king carries an additional sentence of one to five years.

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JURIST

JANUARY 27, 2021

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday upheld a district judge’s order for an environmental impact review of the Dakota Access pipeline (DAPL). The court concluded that the USACE violated the NEPA by issuing the easement without preparing an environmental impact statement.

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JURIST

JULY 16, 2022

NGO Environmental Action Germany (DUH), Dutch cooperative Mobilisation for the Environment, and citizens’ initiative Clean Air East Frisia Friday filed a lawsuit in the Court of Justice in The Hague challenging planned gas drilling in the Dutch North Sea.

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JURIST

APRIL 22, 2023

The unprecedented action was co-ordinated by Extinction Rebellion (XR), a UK-based global environmental movement which aims to use mass nonviolent civil disobedience to challenge government inaction over climate change. More than 200 environmental and social justice groups joined XR including Greenpeace and Global Justice Now.

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JURIST

MAY 22, 2021

These changes bring the EU closer in line with the measures agreed to in the Aarhus Convention , a 1998 UN agreement protecting the public’s access to justice in environmental law. These reviews currently do not include any investigation of whether the policies contravene EU environmental law.

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JURIST

APRIL 20, 2023

A New Zealand environmental group Wednesday testified before the 22nd United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) about potential indigenous rights breaches by New Zealand’s forestry industry.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 12, 2020

Tesla’s upcoming car factory in Germany might be delayed after environmental groups Thursday obtained a temporary injunction against construction. The factory, originally slated to be operational by July 2021, has been subject to litigation by environmental groups.

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JURIST

AUGUST 9, 2021

In a statement released Friday, Wilkinson determined that proposed open-pit coal mines in the Crowsnest Pass region of Alberta would likely “cause significant adverse environmental effects” as defined by subsections 5(1) and 5(2) of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEA).

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HowAppealing

MARCH 27, 2023

“Supreme Court won’t review contempt conviction of anti-Chevron environmental lawyer”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN has this report. The post “Supreme Court won’t review contempt conviction of anti-Chevron environmental lawyer” appeared first on How Appealing.

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APRIL 5, 2024

An attorney who advised Google on a group of master-planned communities and a California utility on billions of dollars in infrastructure work has launched boutique firm Forrest Environmental Law.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

” The post Alberta invokes Sovereignty Act over federal environmental regulations appeared first on JURIST - News. At the time, Smith claimed that Albertans no longer wanted “Ottawa to…interfere in our constitutional areas of jurisdiction.”

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JURIST

MAY 11, 2022

The Court of Appeal of Alberta Tuesday ruled that Canada’s environmental Impact Assessment Act is unconstitutional. The act required some entities pursuing projects which may cause environmental harm, or harm to indigenous communities, to seek an impact assessment from Canada’s Impact Assessment agency in advance.

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ABA Journal

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

A man shown in a video arguing with environmental protesters in Panama before allegedly shooting and killing two of them has been identified by local…

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JURIST

OCTOBER 18, 2021

The French Council of State ( Conseil d’Etat ) ordered the government Friday to repair the environmental damages caused by the state’s failure to meet greenhouse gas reduction targets. The ruling also ordered the Prime Minister to take immediate action to prevent further aggravation of damage. France, the “Affair of the century.”

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 15, 2021

To the extent a corporate actor violates either civil or criminal law in a manner that implicates environmental justice or the climate crisis, corporations should be aware that my division is paying particular attention to these issues.”. Cases that protect the integrity of renewable energy programs by pursuing fraud and similar violations.

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HowAppealing

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Supreme Court term dawns with environmental and race cases”: Andrew Chung and Nate Raymond of Reuters have this report. Supreme Court term dawns with environmental and race cases” appeared first on How Appealing. “Weighty U.S. The post “Weighty U.S.

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DECEMBER 20, 2023

“Supreme Court will review ‘good neighbor’ air pollution plan; The Environmental Protection Agency’s fight against cross-state air pollutants hit a high court roadblock”: Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report. You can access today’s order of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.

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Above The Law

JUNE 24, 2022

There are so many better pejoratives to describe Jeffrey Clark than 'environmental lawyer.'. The post Jeffrey Clark Gives Environmental Lawyers A Bad Name appeared first on Above the Law.

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