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Climate Activists Thwarted in U.S. Courts Are Headed to an International Tribunal for Review

Plaintiffs who sued the U.S. government in 2015 for promoting fossil fuel policies and failing to protect them from climate change have petitioned the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights for an investigation and remedies.

By Dana Drugmand

Defending Human Rights Is Dangerous. Defending Nature Makes It Even Riskier

By Katie Surma

Tribes Meeting With Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Describe Harms Uranium Mining Has Had on Them, and the Threats New Mines Pose

By Noel Lyn Smith

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