Climate Law & Liability
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
As the Climate Crisis Grows, a Movement Gathers to Make ‘Ecocide’ an International Crime Against the Environment
By Nicholas Kusnetz, Katie Surma, Yuliya Talmazan
Ecocide: Should Destruction of the Planet Be a Crime?
By David Sassoon
Lands Grabs and Other Destructive Environmental Practices in Cambodia Test the International Criminal Court
By Katie Surma
A Bankruptcy Judge Lets Blackjewel Shed Coal Mine Responsibilities in a Case With National Implications
By James Bruggers
Maryland Thought Deregulating Utilities Would Lower Rates. It’s Cost the State’s Residents Hundreds of Millions of Dollars.
By Agya K. Aning
Federal Courts Help Biden Quickly Dismantle Trump’s Climate and Environmental Legacy
By Marianne Lavelle
