2017 Government Precautionary Principle 
Law Columbia
APRIL 22, 2021
Over the last decade, courts, legislatures and various bodies of government in countries around the world have sought and won ecosystem protection through nature rights. In 2017, four rivers sought and in some instances won legal rights: the Whanganui River in New Zealand, the Rio Altrato in Colombia, and the Ganga and Yamuna rivers in India.
Law Columbia
OCTOBER 18, 2022
Moreover, with this strategic litigation, the Czech Republic joins the list of countries where citizens are challenging governments’ overall responses to climate change. In April 2021, a group of Czech citizens filed a case against the national government for its inaction on climate change. On the claim against the government.
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Environmental Progress
MARCH 11, 2021
In 2012, 2017, and 2021 the National Academies of Science and Engineering published three separate reports on threats to the grid, resilience, and the future of electricity. [1] 1] In its 2017 report, the Academies warned that U.S. But given the fungible nature of silicon, some fear the Chinese government could evade such controls. [36]
Law Columbia
OCTOBER 7, 2019
Colorado Federal Court Remanded Local Governments’ Climate Case to State Court. The court said the defendants’ argument that the plaintiffs’ state law claims were governed by federal common law appeared to be a matter of ordinary preemption, which would not provide a basis for federal jurisdiction. Rhode Island v. Chevron Corp. ,
Law Columbia
FEBRUARY 10, 2020
Divided Ninth Circuit Said Juliana Plaintiffs Lacked Standing to Press Constitutional Climate Claims Against Federal Government. The court noted that the administrative record currently documented the Corps’ decision to reissue NWP 12 in 2017. Environmental Council of Sacramento v. County of Sacramento , No. C076888 (Cal.
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