NYU Law’s new Environmental Justice Initiative, a joint research and advocacy effort of the Center on Race, Inequality, and ...

Australia's government on Thursday introduced an environmental protection bill into parliament that it said would better conserve nature while simplifying approvals for resource and construction ...

In the typically sleepy Supreme Court retention election, the focus is on voting rights and abortion. But the court also decides major environmental cases.

Labor’s long-awaited environmental reforms do represent progress. But ambition levels have been dialled back and much depends ...

A new law has been passed to regulate mining and protect the environment and local communities, but its enforcement remains ...

The protection of the environment is emerging as one of the most significant issues of modern law. The Council of Europe, through the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, has highlighted the ...

The concept of living in harmony with Nature has been a recurring theme in global policy for three decades. South Africa has powerful tools for renewal. The next steps require us to move from managing ...

The International Court of Justice, the primary judicial body of the United Nations, ruled on July 23, 2025, that a “ clean, healthy and sustainable environment ” is a human right and said in a ...

What continues to make this work possible is not only our presence or our expertise, but the Fundamental Principles that guide our humanitarian action. Adopted in 1965 as a formal expression of the ...

Mr Watt’s reforms have been analysed by his department and the Federal Office of Impact Analysis, showing estimated savings from $450m to as much as $7bn, if Environment Protection and Biodiversity ...

Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. The Albanese government will give mining companies and other stakeholders draft extracts of its environmental protection laws before ...

When monopoly rights collide with market freedom, the law must choose balance over chaos. Yet, a recent ruling of India’s Supreme Court could tip us the wrong way. Intellectual property rights (IPRs), ...