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Brazil Advances in Climate Change Litigation

Legal Planet

The new wave of litigation also arose from the urgency of combating the rise in deforestation under the right-wing-oriented President Jair Bolsonaro, who left the government in January 2023 for the return of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (Lula). The decision was made in a lawsuit filed by four political parties (PSB et al.

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Critical Native American Water Rights Cases Come Before the Supreme Court: Arizona v. Navajo Nation

Legal Planet

Remarkably, however, and despite the fact that the federal government negotiated two important 19th century treaties with the Navajo Nation, the U.S. government has never seen fit to expressly provide federal water rights to the Nation to make its expansive reservation fully habitable. Navajo Nation and U.S. Navajo Nation.

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Environmental and Farm Organizations Say Provincial Legislation Needs Major Changes to Keep Premier Ford’s Greenbelt Promises

Enviromental Defense

In its current form, the draft legislation would restore Greenbelt protection to the fifteen key areas of farmland and natural heritage the government stripped of protection in December 2022. ” The full submission to the Ontario government is available here.

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Cultural Heritage is a Human Right. Climate Change is Fast Eroding It.

Union of Concerned Scientists

The foundational document of international human rights law is the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It called for compensation from the government, and for Australia to take more aggressive measures to prevent climate change at the national and international levels. What’s next for climate and cultural rights?

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In Memoriam: Joanne Denworth, Environmental Leader And Attorney

PA Environment Daily

More about her accomplishments will be posted-- this is a start from her obituary -- A graduate of Vassar College (’60) and one of only a handful of women in her class at Penn Law School (’63), she built a pioneering career as a land use and environmental lawyer. In 2003, she was appointed by Gov.

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Rooney Rule Revised Provides ESG Opportunity

Greenbuilding Law

Last Monday the NFL announced at the owners meeting that it had approved adjustments to the Rooney Rule, first adopted in 2003, “to enhance opportunities for people of color and women for nearly all league and team jobs.”. Practices like this are easily emulated across business sectors looking for good ESG governance practices.

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Farms in Six Southeast Michigan Counties Are Major Sources of Lake Erie Toxic Blooms

Circle of Blue

The report also pitched liquid manure to the top of the list of causes of the harmful algal blooms that have inundated the big lake every summer since 2003. Government agencies, nevertheless, are trying. Government pays all or a share of the cost of implementing the practices. There’s no way to stop it from reaching tiles.”.

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