For decades, regular citizens and advocacy groups have filed suits that forced companies and the federal government to clean up the environment. Trump officials have moved to limit that power.
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The science behind Europe’s extreme heat is clear. The response isn’t.
America was once the global leader in rare earth element production, but as processing moved to China, the US lost capacity and expertise. It can get them back.
Human rights and the rights of nature are the two missing links in the international community’s efforts aimed at achieving sustainable development goals (SDGs).
What does Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s political discourse say about the controversial US secretary of Health whose task is to make “America healthy again”?
With only one sitting week of Parliament left this year, the environment minister reveals the compromises he’s willing to make and the hard lines he won’t cross to get the deal done.
The Liberals have faced an existential crisis over climate and energy policy while the government races to get its environmental laws through parliament.
By understanding why people commit crimes that damage the environment, we can better hold environmental criminals accountable.
While the summit’s program is well-defined, it’s much harder to know what’s going on behind closed doors.
The White House proposal represents a dramatic retreat from the national goals of clean air and clean water enacted in federal laws over the past 55 years.
BPA is an endocrine disruptor widely used in plastics.
Three experts consider what’s required to protect and conserve Australia’s natural wonders, from fighting invaders to stopping habitat loss and saving species.
San Francisco argued that Clean Water Act permits should function like recipes that restrict specific ingredients in a dish, rather than telling cooks not to make the dish too salty.
Hopes for environmental law reform during the current term of federal government have been dashed, so what lies ahead for ‘nature positive’ next term?
Enforcing environmental laws isn’t a job that makes people popular. But polls show that Americans generally want more environmental protection, not less.
The Supreme Court will consider how far outward federal agencies should look when they analyze how a proposed action could affect the environment.
One of the most liberal US cities is offering the Supreme Court a chance to further restrict federal regulatory power.
Two legal experts explore the arrest and potential extradition of Sea Shepherd Founder and anti-whaling activist Paul Watson on a Japanese warrant from 2010.
While it’s easy to demonise environmentalists for using the courts to further their causes, a fundamental part of any democracy is access to the legal system.
A widely anticipated Supreme Court ruling will sharply limit federal agencies’ power to interpret the laws that they execute and decide how best to carry them out.
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Adjunct Associate Professor in the School of the Environment, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Law, Deakin University
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Professor of Law Emeritus, Vermont Law & Graduate School
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Professor of Environmental Law, University of Maryland
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Professor of Environmental Management, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Law, University of Kansas
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Deputy Director, Australian Centre for Climate and Environmental Law and Lecturer in Law, University of Sydney
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Professor of Law, University of California, Davis
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Lecturer, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Research Fellow, Deakin University
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Professor, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley
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Professor of Law, Director, Program on Law and Innovation, and Co-director, Energy, Environment and Land Use Program, Vanderbilt University
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