Two legal experts explore the arrest and potential extradition of Sea Shepherd Founder and anti-whaling activist Paul Watson on a Japanese warrant from 2010.
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While it’s easy to demonise environmentalists for using the courts to further their causes, a fundamental part of any democracy is access to the legal system.
A widely anticipated Supreme Court ruling will sharply limit federal agencies’ power to interpret the laws that they execute and decide how best to carry them out.
Resource laws and processes have tried to keep politics out of decision making. But this technocratic approach carries its own problems. The challenge is getting the balance right.
The Supreme Court drastically reduced federal protection for wetlands in 2023. Two environmental lawyers explain how private businesses and nongovernment organizations can help fill the gap.
Legal scholars say the law has its merits, but find loopholes in the way it defines ecocide.
Lawsuits are inevitable, but an environmental lawyer explains why the EPA’s new power plant regulations are on solid ground.
Inconsistent laws and penalties for water theft in the Murray-Darling Basin make compliance and enforcement especially challenging. But it doesn’t have to be this way.
New Zealand’s plants and animals are globally unique and underpin primary production and tourism. The government’s fast-tracking proposal threatens to erode the natural capital the economy relies on.
As new climate-related cases are brought to court, our expert outlines key aspects that could change the legal landscape.
Hard rock minerals like gold, silver, copper and lithium on public lands belong to the American public, but under a 150-year-old law, the US gives them away for free.
Ghana needs strong political will to enhance its climate change regulation.
An important but controversial legal doctrine, known as Chevron deference, is at issue in two fishing cases. The outcome could affect many sectors across the nation.
Legally binding deals struck with landholders can help protect and restore the environment over the long term.
Australia has a once-in-a-decade opportunity to fix environmental law. A new Wentworth Group report says the cumulative impacts from multiple projects must be considered.
A legal researcher studied court cases in 30 countries to see what works.
Do environmental reviews improve projects or delay them and drive up costs? Two legal scholars explain how the law works and how it could influence the ongoing transition to renewable energy.
Southwest states have bought time with an agreement between California, Arizona and Nevada to cut Colorado River water use by about 14%. Now comes the hard part.
In Sackett v. EPA, a suit filed by two homeowners who filled in wetlands on their property, the Supreme Court has drastically narrowed the definition of which wetlands qualify for federal protection.
The Supreme Court has upheld a controversial California law requiring pork sold in-state to be humanely raised, no matter where it’s produced. Pork producers say it could drive up food prices.
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Adjunct Associate Professor in the School of the Environment, The University of Queensland
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Professor, Deakin Law School, Deakin University
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Professor of Law Emeritus, Vermont Law & Graduate School
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Deputy Director, Australian Centre for Climate and Environmental Law and Lecturer in Law, University of Sydney
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Professor of Environmental Law, University of Maryland
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Professor of Law, University of California, Davis
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Senior Research Fellow, Deakin University
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Lecturer, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley
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PhD Candidate, GPEM, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Environmental Management, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Climate and Environmental Law, University of Sydney
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Assistant Professor of Law, Louisiana State University
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Professor of Law and Director, Center for Land Environment, and Natural Resources, University of California, Irvine
