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

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In 2010, the City Council of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania unanimously passed an ordinance recognizing the Rights of Nature as part of a ban on shale gas drilling and fracking. The Supreme Court declared that the Colombia Amazon accordingly was entitled to protection, conservation, maintenance and restoration.

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February 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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In addition, Berkeley argued that the complaint failed to state a claim that the Energy Policy and Conservation Act preempted the ordinance. Three conservation groups filed a lawsuit in the federal district court for the District of Columbia seeking to compel the U.S. Bernhardt , No. 1:16-cv-01724 (D.D.C.

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