Uganda’s environmental impact assessment law requires developers to consider alternatives to reduce environmental harm.
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Despite billions being spent on impact assessments around the world, they often end up being just dusty reports on the shelf.
For lawyers, industry, advocates and the courts, environmental review after the Eagle County decision is not just a new ballgame. It is a new sport.
President Trump’s national energy emergency declaration does not qualify as an emergency that would exempt energy projects from environmental laws and regulations.
Conflict between coal giant Adani, the Queensland government and traditional owners over harm to groundwater ecosystems stems from a flawed interpretation of the ‘adaptive management’ approach.
Precedent set by court in Norway could embolden judges and campaigners further afield.
Developers can make up for natural habitat loss themselves or pay a restoration fee to the government.
The UK space launch failed but it succeeded in releasing hazardous pollutants to multiple layers of the atmosphere.
Locals from Asunción Mita, Guatemala recently voted against the development of mining activities in their municipality, in a referendum contested by a Canadian mining company that owns a gold mine.
Nigeria’s Environmental Impact Assessment Act is not protecting the environment enough and citizens need to get involved.
The Ring of Fire Regional Assessment is Canada’s first opportunity to apply new legislative tools to co-operating with Indigenous jurisdictions. But the government is messing up.
Governments must ensure that transport infrastructure is developed with the ability to cope with current and future climatic shifts.
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