L.D. 489 would enshrine the rights in the Maine constitution for both present and future generations to come. The natural beauty of Maine is breathtaking, stretching from salt marshes to forests ...

In pictures: World Environment Day Show all 8. Your support helps us to tell the story. ... 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, ...

New York’s new constitutional right to a clean environment faces first judicial test A case challenging a landfill provides the first insights into how the courts — and state officials ...

If we want a world where our human and environmental rights are elevated, we must place as much importance on our responsibilities to humanity and the planet as we put on our rights. The Universal ...

An Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) working group should show it is genuinely interested in engaging with civil society if it wants to produce an effective environmental rights ...

The U.N. environment program is taking aim at corporations and governments that threaten and intimidate environmental defenders and foul the planet for financial gain. A panel of environmental ...

A lawsuit alleges the Trump administration violated the free-speech rights of nonprofits and municipalities that have had federal funding for climate and environmental projects frozen or cancelled.

This week, the Phnom Penh Capital Court handed down a guilty verdict in the criminal trial of 10 activists from Mother Nature, an award-winning, youth-led Cambodian environmental group, on charges ...

UN high commissioner for human rights says over last 15 years, Brazil has seen the highest number of killings of indigenous, environmental and land defenders of any country.

Does the Minneapolis 2040 Comprehensive Plan violate the Minnesota Environmental Rights Act, as a lawsuit alleges? ("Court blocks Mpls. 2040 plan, for now," June 16, and "Minneapolis allowed to ...

The Minnesota Environmental Rights Act obligates the state to protect the Boundary Waters, according to the complaint, but the state's 1990s-era nonferrous mining rules don't adequately protect ...

An amendment to the U.S. Constitution guaranteeing a right to a healthy environment is the call issued in a new book by Franklin Kury, who more than 50 years ago, as a newly elected Pennsylvania ...