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Recognizing the Rights of a River: Challenges and Opportunities from Colombia to Colorado

HumanNature

Candidate in the Department of Political Science and Trainee in the CSU InTERFEWS Program In 2014 the Whanganui River in New Zealand was granted legal personhood. 2) Develop a plan of action for decontamination. 3) Develop a plan of action to eradicate and neutralize illegal mining. Guest Post by Curtis Kline , Ph.D.

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Global Perspectives on a Global Pact for the Environment

Law Columbia

Edited by Michael Burger (Sabin Center for Climate Change Law), Teresa Parejo (UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network) and Lisa Sachs (Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment). With research and administrative support from Nathan Lobel (Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment). Sumudu Atapattu .

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Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 4.5.22

PA Environment Daily

True Energy Independence Means Renewables [We’re Not Independent If Foreign Markets, Despots Set The Prices We Pay For Energy ] -- Financial Times: ExxonMobil Flags Highest Quarterly Profit Since The Boom Year Of 2008 When Russia Invaded Georgia [Anyone See A Pattern? What’s Your Community Doing? Bipartisan Federal Infrastructure Law -- Gov.

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Natural Disasters: Developing Resiliency and Addressing Climate Refugees

Vermont Law

in FEMA support may have resulted from political indifference. struggled to receive government aid during the hurricane’s aftermath. The current political climate demonizing immigration, however, may affect the government’s response to noncitizens affected by natural disasters. of its government.”. differences.

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What today’s students think about climate change

Legal Planet

Royce Hall at UCLA following a rain event, Los Angeles, CA (Charlie Nguyen, 2008, Flickr). Some states, like California, Louisiana, or Alaska may be feeling the impacts more acutely earlier on, but it does not feel like things have become bad enough for political will to be marshalled. –Sean Post, JD 2022.