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Legal Planet
MAY 1, 2024
International criminal law may be invoked when states or individuals engage in activities that knowingly harm the environment in a way that affects neighboring countries or the global community. The amendment process is such that any state party can propose an amendment with it adopted by a two-thirds majority vote.
Circle of Blue
JUNE 7, 2023
Montevideo’s water emergency joins a growing list of major metropolitan areas affected by extreme weather events that lead to dire water shortages. Public demonstrations over water shortages also occurred in major cities in Brazil, Iran, and India. Last year, Day Zero occurred in Monterrey, Mexico. Taps in the city went dry.
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Legal Planet
JULY 17, 2023
Three decades earlier, a class project by five law students had led to a major win on standing, though a loss on the merits. The details of these stories are less important than the moral: It is indeed possible for individuals to make a difference, even at the highest level of our legal system.
Legal Planet
OCTOBER 28, 2021
Major decisions, such as significant regulations, are generally under the supervision of the White House and and are always made by presidential appointees. The decisions are supposed to represent the views of “the court” as an institution rather than the personalized views of individual judges. at least in the federal courts.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 24, 2022
Climate change has sped up the arrival of spring, with major consequences for wildfires (Fig. While the simultaneous occurrence of these factors led to unprecedented winter fires in 2017, climate change projections suggest that each individual contributing factor is likely to occur more frequently into the future. But is this normal?
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 10, 2024
While this process occurs at the very small scale of an individual cell within an individual leaf, the cumulative impact of this process over time and across ecosystems is enormous.
Legal Planet
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
policy context, and key initiatives for improvement in three categories where major fleets can help create positive outcomes: critical minerals mining; second life and recycling; and battery traceability. The report summarizes the market status of the batteries, U.S.
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