Climate Law & Liability
In San Francisco’s Most Polluted Neighborhood, the Polluters Operate Without Proper Permits, Reports Say
By Elena Shao
The Essential Advocate, Philippe Sands Makes the Case for a New International Crime Called Ecocide
By Katie Surma
The Amazon is the Planet’s Counterweight to Global Warming, a Place of Stupefying Richness Under Relentless Assault
By Georgina Gustin
A Plea to Make Widespread Environmental Damage an International Crime Takes Center Stage at The Hague
By Katie Surma
‘A Trash Heap for Our Children’: How Norilsk, in the Russian Arctic, Became One of the Most Polluted Places on Earth
By Marianne Lavelle
More Young People Don’t Want Children Because of Climate Change. Has the UN Failed to Protect Them?
By Elena Shao
To Stop Line 3 Across Minnesota, an Indigenous Tribe Is Asserting the Legal Rights of Wild Rice
By Katie Surma
Is it Time for the World Court to Weigh in on Climate Change?
By Katie Surma
Does Nature Have Rights? A Burgeoning Legal Movement Says Rivers, Forests and Wildlife Have Standing, Too
By Katie Surma
Are Bolsonaro’s Attacks on the Amazon and Indigenous Tribes International Crimes? A Third Court Plea Says They Are
By Katie Surma
Houston’s Mayor Asks EPA to Probe Contaminants at Rail Site Associated With Nearby Cancer Clusters
By Aman Azhar
Indigenous Leaders and Human Rights Groups in Brazil Want Bolsonaro Prosecuted for Crimes Against Humanity
By Katie Surma
In a Growing Campaign to Criminalize Widespread Environmental Destruction, Legal Experts Define a New Global Crime: ‘Ecocide’
By Katie Surma, Inside Climate News, and Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News
Dutch Court Gives Shell Nine Years to Cut Its Carbon Emissions by 45 Percent from 2019 Levels
By Kristoffer Tigue, Dan Gearino
For the Second Time in Four Years, the Ninth Circuit Has Ordered the EPA to Set New Lead Paint and Dust Standards
By Agya K. Aning
The Supreme Court Sidesteps a Full Climate Change Ruling, Handing Industry a Procedural Win
By David Hasemyer
