Climate Law & Liability
Lawsuits Targeting Plastic Pollution Pile Up as Frustrated Citizens and States Seek Accountability
By James Bruggers
In New York, Attorney General Letitia James’ Narrow View of the State’s Green Amendment
By Peter Mantius
Armed Groups Use Deforestation as a Bargaining Chip in Colombia
Story and photos by Alex Price
A German Climate Activist Won’t End His Hunger Strike, Even With the Risk of Death Looming
By Keerti Gopal
New Law to Provide Florida Homebuyers With More Transparency on Flood History
By Amy Green
Advocates Ask EPA to Investigate Baltimore City for Harming Disinvested Communities
By Aman Azhar
Congress Pushes Forward With Bill Expanding the Rights of Mining Companies on Federal Land
By Esther Frances, Megija Medne and Phillip Powell
Renewable Energy Wins for Now in Michigan as Local Control Measure Fails to Make Ballot
By Dan Gearino
To Incinerate Or Not To Incinerate: Maryland Hospitals Grapple With Question With Big Public Health Implications
By Aman Azhar
Q&A: New Legislation in Vermont Will Make Fossil Fuel Companies Liable for Climate Impacts in the State. Here’s What That Could Look Like
Interview by Paloma Beltran, Living on Earth
EPA Formally Denies Alabama’s Plan for Coal Ash Waste
By Lee Hedgepeth
‘Historic’ Advisory Opinion on Climate Change Says Countries Must Prevent Greenhouse Gases From Harming Oceans
By Katie Surma
Significant Environmental and Climate Impacts Are Impinging on Human Rights in Every Country, a New Report Finds
By Katie Surma
How the Drug War and Energy Transition Are Changing Ecuadorians’ Fight For The Rights of Nature
By Katie Surma
Alabama Coal Company Sued for a Home Explosion That Killed a Man Is Delinquent on Dozens of Penalties, Records Show
By Lee Hedgepeth, James Bruggers
Maya van Rossum Wants to Save the World
By Kiley Bense