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EPA axes environmental justice offices: What’s next for overpolluted communities?
The EPA's environmental justice offices are being dismantled by the Trump administration, placing many workers on indefinite ...
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How U.S. States Can Protect the Environment From Federal Rollbacks and Intervention
In 1788, a year before the United States Constitution became the law of the land, James Madison wrote in the Federalist ...
Dumping Environmental Justice From the EPA Is a Good Step. Now Dump the EPA.
If you were to believe reporting from The New York Times—which is an increasingly unwise idea—the Trump administration is ...
Pair of CT bills trample privacy, can spawn litigation
One bill opens the door for endless litigation under the guise of environmental rights. The other infringes on homeowners’ ...
Why the EPA is removing environmental justice offices? Closures are in response to Trump's orders on DEI
The Environmental Protection Agency will close all environmental justice offices which are responsible for addressing ...
EPA eliminating environmental justice jobs
The positions will be eliminated "immediately," according to a memo by Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee ...
With environmental justice at risk, will Colorado persist despite budget cuts, Trump’s weakened EPA?
State officials say they’ll fight for environment “with or without the federal government,” but critics are skeptical.
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In Canada, Indigenous advocates argue that mining companies violate the rights of nature
In Western legal systems, arguments against pollution or the destruction of the environment tend to focus exclusively on ...
Trump environmental rollbacks would boost pollution and endanger lives, former EPA heads say
Three former Environmental Protection Agency leaders say rollbacks proposed by the Trump administration endanger the lives of ...
Australasian Lawyer4d
ACT becomes first in Australia to enshrine right to a healthy environment
Canberrans now have a legal right to a healthy environment, with the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) becoming the first ...
Common Dreams4d
New Bill to Recognize Legal Rights of All Water Bodies in New York State
BUFFALO - What if bodies of water were guaranteed the kinds of legal rights that would criminalize their destruction? What if communities had the authority to enact laws that prevented pollution, ...