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Should Australia join the majority of the world and provide legal recognition of the human right to a healthy environment?
No new oil drilling has been approved since 1984 off the California coast, where a major spill in 1969 helped launch the environmental movement. Sixty-nine percent of Californians oppose offshore drilling today.
Congress is moving to cut back the Endangered Species Act and give more power to states. But a recent study shows that state laws are weaker and states have few resources to protect species at risk.
President Trump signed an order on Dec. 4 to drastically reduce the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments. Four legal experts explain why this action is likely to be reversed.
Even the very softest of Brexits will expose gaps in purely domestic environmental governance.
The Atrato River has been awarded rights. But it will be tough to translate these abstract ideals into actual progress.
The proposed loan of Commonwealth money to Adani is on shaky constitutional ground, potentially paving the way for High Court challenge which could change the dynamics of federal-state funding.
Environmental law and natural resource experts respond to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's proposals to shrink four national monuments and allow logging, fishing and other activities in six more.
New legislation has recognised the Yarra River as a single, living entity. But what does that mean in practice?
A new lawsuit against the CBA puts climate change in a new legal light: a financial hazard. The case opens up fresh lines of attack on institutions that contribute to climate change.
Are all people entitled to live in a clean and healthy environment? A legal scholar says yes, and argues for using this principle to address damage from polluting industries in Appalachia.
Green groups fighting Trump's anti-environmental agenda should heed precedents from the Reagan and George W. Bush administrations. They can also learn from the Australian experience.
The Clean Water Rule spells out which streams, wetlands and other water bodies receive federal protection. The Trump administration wants to repeal it, but will face high hurdles in court.
New Zealand just conferred personhood upon the Whanganui River, giving it standing to legally defend its rights. Can this novel strategy save the environment?
Legislation designed to protect wildlife is being rolled back or ignored in all sorts of ways in all sorts of places, according to a new global database of attacks on green tape.
Large livestock farms, known as CAFOs, have polluted air and water in many communities. A recent court decision will force CAFOs to report their air emissions from manure and other sources.
The Great Barrier Reef is in crisis, as a second wave of coral bleaching hits. But the system of bodies and laws that protect it are getting more complicated – and less productive.
Why, after decades of international agreements, are we still damaging the environment? New research, looking at dozens of unsuccessful policies, has uncovered the basic elements of failure.
Some Brexiteers see EU withdrawal as an excuse to weaken environmental protections.
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The University of Queensland
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Director of the Centre for Energy and Natural Resources Law, Deakin Law School, Deakin University
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Lecturer, University of Melbourne
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Research Fellow, Deakin University
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PhD Candidate, GPEM, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Law, Vermont Law School
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Professor of Climate and Environmental Law, University of Sydney
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Honorary Fellow in Economics, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley
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Botanist, University of Queensland, The University of Queensland
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Lecturer in Law, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Environmental Law, University of Maryland, Baltimore
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Associate Professor ANU College of Law and Associate Director of the ANU Centre for Climate Law and Policy, Australian National University
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Professor & Director, Marine Futures Lab, University of Western Australia
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Laureate Professor, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
