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Taking Climate Change to the International Court of Justice: Legal and Procedural Issues

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For example, the court would hear about the Draft Articles on the Prevention of Transboundary Harm from Hazardous Activities, promulgated by the International Law Commission in 2001. Over the last more than 20 years the court has issued several decisions that affirm the importance of environmental protection.

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New California Legislation Would Be a Major Step Forward for Climate Disclosure

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has adopted a Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule [25] requiring facilities that emit more than 25,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent to report their direct GHG emissions. [26] Environmental Protection Agency, 142 S. 26] About 8,000 facilities are required to report. [27]

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The Stream, January 16, 2025: EPA Warns of PFAS in Sewage Sludge Fertilizer; More Rain, More Drought Expected in Mediterranean

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Environmental Protection Agency issued a warning that two types of PFAS in sewage sludge fertilizer commonly used by growers and supported by the EPA may be a human health risk. Reservoirs in southern Spain were depleted by heat and drought in 2024. Photo Brett Walton/Circle of Blue YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN The U.S.

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ESA Policy News: February 6, 2023

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The subcommittee funds the Interior Department, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Forest Service. This move reverses a 2020 Trump administration rule which removed protections for around 9 million acres of the Tongass National Forest, effectively re-opening these areas to logging.

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