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The Bloom of Nature’s Rights: On the IACtHR’s Recognition of Nature’s Legal Personality in AO-32/25

Law Columbia

The Bloom of Nature as a Subject of Rights In AO-32/25, the seeds sown in prior case law finally bore fruit through the explicit recognition of Nature as a subject of rights. Looking back on the Court’s prior case law, Lagos del Campo v. 282 , Authors’ translation ). 2 ACHR & Protocol ), the principle of progressivity ( Art.

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Brodhead Watershed Association Water At Risk - Counting Our Blessings

PA Environment Daily

Drinking water specifically received some protections when the Safe Drinking Water Act was signed into law in 1974. In fact, your township or borough is required to have ordinances in place to manage stormwater runoff, reduce flooding, promote green infrastructure and support sustainable development. Youre on your own.

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The Right to a Healthy Environment as a Catalyst for Urgent and Ambitious Climate Action at the IACtHR

Law Columbia

These include mitigating and adapting to climate change, protecting Nature, and making progressive strides towards sustainable development. Actions that jeopardize the future of life on Earth should be prohibited by law. Conclusion In the face of recent backtracking on climate commitments by governments (e.g.

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Balancing Environmental Protection with Economic Development: The Greenland Mining Dilemma

Vermont Law

Balancing Environmental Protection with Economic Development: The Greenland Mining Dilemma By Suhana Roy The principle of sustainable development is a principle of international law that reconciles the right to development with the need to protect the environment.-

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Reforming Oceanic Governance: A Department of Oceans 

Vermont Law

law applies. The blue economy is the revitalization of industries related to the ocean as part of a sustainable future, as exemplified by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 14, and the recognition that offshore wind and aquaculture will only increase the importance of the ocean in the overall economy.

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Trump’s Pick for Energy Secretary, Chris Wright, is Wrong on Purpose. Here are the Facts. 

Union of Concerned Scientists

Yes, nations need energy for economic development, but that energy can and should come from clean resources, not dirty fossil fuels. Supreme Court, not the wind or solar industries, that forced the EPA to act on the basis of existing law, the Clean Air Act. Wind and solar are clean energy.

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The misleading accounting behind your ‘recycled’ plastic

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