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Speculative Lawsuits Against Governments Reach \$120 Billion
Financial speculators are increasingly funding lawsuits against governments using investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS), resulting in over \$120 billion in payouts to firms, mostly in fossil fuel and mining, raising concerns about fairness and public cost.
Speculative Lawsuits Against Governments Reach \$120 Billion
Financial speculators are increasingly funding lawsuits against governments using investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS), resulting in over \$120 billion in payouts to firms, mostly in fossil fuel and mining, raising concerns about fairness and public cost.
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52% Bias Score
French Court Halts A69 Highway Construction Over Environmental Concerns
A French court annulled the permit for the A69 highway between Toulouse and Castres on February 27th, halting construction due to insufficient public interest justification and threats to protected species, despite the project's advanced state.
French Court Halts A69 Highway Construction Over Environmental Concerns
A French court annulled the permit for the A69 highway between Toulouse and Castres on February 27th, halting construction due to insufficient public interest justification and threats to protected species, despite the project's advanced state.
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40% Bias Score
Illegal Construction in La Nucía Damages Protected Habitat
The construction of the La Serreta urban development project in La Nucía, Spain, began in 2023 without fulfilling environmental impact assessment requirements, resulting in the destruction of the protected Teucrium lepicephalum plant and its habitat, leading to legal action by environmental group Ac...
Illegal Construction in La Nucía Damages Protected Habitat
The construction of the La Serreta urban development project in La Nucía, Spain, began in 2023 without fulfilling environmental impact assessment requirements, resulting in the destruction of the protected Teucrium lepicephalum plant and its habitat, leading to legal action by environmental group Ac...
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48% Bias Score
Turkish Court Blocks Datça Marina Project Over Environmental Concerns
A Turkish court has overturned the approval of a controversial marina project in Datça, Muğla, due to concerns about its severe environmental impact on a protected area and a blue flag beach, based on the negative findings of eight out of ten expert witnesses.
Turkish Court Blocks Datça Marina Project Over Environmental Concerns
A Turkish court has overturned the approval of a controversial marina project in Datça, Muğla, due to concerns about its severe environmental impact on a protected area and a blue flag beach, based on the negative findings of eight out of ten expert witnesses.
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28% Bias Score
Appeal Allowed for Controversial Kampenwand Cable Car Construction
A Bavarian court has allowed an appeal against a ruling that halted the construction of the Kampenwand cable car, raising concerns about environmental impacts and potential violations of nature protection laws. The appeal challenges the lower court's decision, which cited unclear plans for tree fell...
Appeal Allowed for Controversial Kampenwand Cable Car Construction
A Bavarian court has allowed an appeal against a ruling that halted the construction of the Kampenwand cable car, raising concerns about environmental impacts and potential violations of nature protection laws. The appeal challenges the lower court's decision, which cited unclear plans for tree fell...
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44% Bias Score
Bavarian Constitutional Court Case Challenges Wind Turbine Construction in Nature Park
A citizens' group filed a lawsuit with the Bavarian Constitutional Court, challenging amendments to the Bavarian Immission Control Act and Building Code that simplify wind turbine construction in the Franconian Switzerland Nature Park, arguing that these changes violate citizens' constitutional righ...
Bavarian Constitutional Court Case Challenges Wind Turbine Construction in Nature Park
A citizens' group filed a lawsuit with the Bavarian Constitutional Court, challenging amendments to the Bavarian Immission Control Act and Building Code that simplify wind turbine construction in the Franconian Switzerland Nature Park, arguing that these changes violate citizens' constitutional righ...
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48% Bias Score
Supreme Court Curbs EPA's Water Pollution Regulation Authority
The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that the EPA overstepped its authority under the Clean Water Act by using permits with vague water quality requirements in a case involving San Francisco's sewage discharge, potentially hindering future water pollution control efforts.
Supreme Court Curbs EPA's Water Pollution Regulation Authority
The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that the EPA overstepped its authority under the Clean Water Act by using permits with vague water quality requirements in a case involving San Francisco's sewage discharge, potentially hindering future water pollution control efforts.
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44% Bias Score
German Courts Order Stronger Nitrate Pollution Controls in Ems River Basin
German courts are compelling Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia to enhance their measures to curb excessive nitrate levels in the Ems River basin groundwater, exceeding the 50 mg/L limit due to intensive farming and fertilization practices, impacting drinking water supplies and posing a threat ...
German Courts Order Stronger Nitrate Pollution Controls in Ems River Basin
German courts are compelling Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia to enhance their measures to curb excessive nitrate levels in the Ems River basin groundwater, exceeding the 50 mg/L limit due to intensive farming and fertilization practices, impacting drinking water supplies and posing a threat ...
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32% Bias Score
Dutch Court Rejects Delay in Schiphol Airport Noise Reduction
A Dutch court rejected the government's request to delay enforcing noise reduction measures at Schiphol Airport by March 20, 2025, impacting 1.5 million residents affected by excessive noise and sleep disruption, while the court also allowed airlines and airport to participate in the ongoing case, d...
Dutch Court Rejects Delay in Schiphol Airport Noise Reduction
A Dutch court rejected the government's request to delay enforcing noise reduction measures at Schiphol Airport by March 20, 2025, impacting 1.5 million residents affected by excessive noise and sleep disruption, while the court also allowed airlines and airport to participate in the ongoing case, d...
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36% Bias Score
French Court to Decide Fate of A69 Highway Amid Environmental Concerns
On February 27th, a French court will rule on the A69 highway permit, with the public rapporteur recommending annulment due to insufficient economic benefits and significant environmental damage; the project's supporters argue it's crucial for regional development.
French Court to Decide Fate of A69 Highway Amid Environmental Concerns
On February 27th, a French court will rule on the A69 highway permit, with the public rapporteur recommending annulment due to insufficient economic benefits and significant environmental damage; the project's supporters argue it's crucial for regional development.
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44% Bias Score
Paris Seeks Legal Personhood for the Seine River
Proposals are underway in Paris to grant the Seine River legal personhood, allowing it to be represented in court, similar to the Whanganui River in New Zealand and the Ganges in India; this initiative aims to bolster environmental protection.
Paris Seeks Legal Personhood for the Seine River
Proposals are underway in Paris to grant the Seine River legal personhood, allowing it to be represented in court, similar to the Whanganui River in New Zealand and the Ganges in India; this initiative aims to bolster environmental protection.
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36% Bias Score
Turkish Court Upholds Kışladağ Gold Mine Operations Amidst ECtHR Ruling
TÜPRAG Metal Madencilik announced today that the Uşak Administrative Court deemed the European Court of Human Rights' (ECtHR) ruling on the Kışladağ gold mine procedural, not affecting operations, following a T24 report on a potential retrial. The company highlighted 19 years of consistent environme...
Turkish Court Upholds Kışladağ Gold Mine Operations Amidst ECtHR Ruling
TÜPRAG Metal Madencilik announced today that the Uşak Administrative Court deemed the European Court of Human Rights' (ECtHR) ruling on the Kışladağ gold mine procedural, not affecting operations, following a T24 report on a potential retrial. The company highlighted 19 years of consistent environme...
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48% Bias Score
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