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The Rights of Nature — Can an Ecosystem Bear Legal Rights?

Law Columbia

The goal of conferring rights to nature is to secure the highest level of environmental protection under which an ecosystem can thrive and whose rights are not violated. The latest case in Pakistan was decided a few days ago, on April 15. By Tiffany Challe*. Photo by Mark Koch on Unsplash. State of Colorado.

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Appeals court upholds Ontario town’s convictions for damaging piping plover habitat

Enviromental Defense

The charges related to mechanical raking with heavy equipment and bulldozing to level the sand and dunes, performed by the Town at Sauble Beach – a popular tourist destination – in April and August of 2017. Piping plovers are listed as endangered under the ESA.

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Analysis: What challenges face Chile’s new ‘environmentalist’ government?

A Greener Life

For Marcelo Mena, himself a former Minister for the Environment (2017–2018), “water scarcity must be tackled through inter-sectoral coordination. It is an important short-term issue because socio-environmental conflicts associated with water are going to be increasingly frequent.”.

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Shell’s reckless divestment from Niger Delta

Corp Watch

PERI Pollution Indexes Based on United States Environmental Protection Agency data ranking the top 100 worst polluters.

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Address Impact Of Operations In Niger Delta Before Selling SPDC – CSOs Tell Shell

Corp Watch

PERI Pollution Indexes Based on United States Environmental Protection Agency data ranking the top 100 worst polluters.

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New Shell documents could aid climate cases, attorneys say

Corp Watch

PERI Pollution Indexes Based on United States Environmental Protection Agency data ranking the top 100 worst polluters.

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Shell faces shareholder rebellion over climate activist resolution

Corp Watch

PERI Pollution Indexes Based on United States Environmental Protection Agency data ranking the top 100 worst polluters.