The story of Astrid Puentes Riaño is rooted in the soil of Colombia. Born in Bogotá to a family with campesino roots, her ...

The U.S. legal framework, the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act (DSHMRA), although enacted nearly 40 years ago, has ...

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) International Environmental Technology Centre (IETC) was established in Osaka in 1992. IETC promotes and supports the introduction of environmentally ...

When Daniella Apodaca, ’25, came to the Law School, she had a hunch she might work in the international arena. She spoke ...

THE word environment per se did not appear in international law until the latter part of the 20th century. Be that as it may, ...

By removing this poison from the regulatory well, the Supreme Court has begun to clear the path to tackling our most pressing energy and environmental challenges.

A total of 15 executives from Mitsubishi, Miteni, and International Chemical Investors Group (ICIG), a Luxembourg-based firm, were prosecuted for contaminating nearly 200 km² of drinking water and ...

A protected wildlife refuge in Nicaragua has suffered a wave of deforestation in recent years, fueled by controversial land ...

In 2019, CWRU School of Law received a $10 million gift to launch the Burke Center for Environmental Law. The size of this transformative gift instantly put CWRU on the map in the environmental law ...

As your new government takes office, we write to you about the human rights situation in South Korea and urge that you take ...

Despite global tensions and funding gaps, UNEP chief Inger Andersen hails multilateral wins and urges bold Member State ...

By Maureen Harris, Senior Advisor June 24, 2025, marks a grim anniversary: four years since environmental lawyer Dang Dinh ...