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Council of Europe adopts treaty to fight environmental crime, but omits key human rights provision
The Council of Europe adopted a new legally binding treaty to combat serious environmental crimes, defining a wide range of offenses and facilitating international cooperation, but failed to recognize the right to a healthy environment, leaving Europe as the only continent without this legal right.
Council of Europe adopts treaty to fight environmental crime, but omits key human rights provision
The Council of Europe adopted a new legally binding treaty to combat serious environmental crimes, defining a wide range of offenses and facilitating international cooperation, but failed to recognize the right to a healthy environment, leaving Europe as the only continent without this legal right.
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48% Bias Score
Illegal Houses on Vinkeveense Plassen Allowed to Stay, But Must Be Smaller
Over 1,600 illegally built houses on the Vinkeveense Plassen in the Netherlands can stay, but must be downsized to a maximum of 22.5 square meters near protected areas, angering residents who are responsible for maintaining their properties and the islands to prevent erosion, while concerns remain a...
Illegal Houses on Vinkeveense Plassen Allowed to Stay, But Must Be Smaller
Over 1,600 illegally built houses on the Vinkeveense Plassen in the Netherlands can stay, but must be downsized to a maximum of 22.5 square meters near protected areas, angering residents who are responsible for maintaining their properties and the islands to prevent erosion, while concerns remain a...
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40% Bias Score
China Cracks Down on Black Soil Degradation to Protect Food Security
China's top judicial authorities issued a 14-article judicial interpretation to strictly enforce the Black Soil Protection Law, imposing harsh punishments on those who damage black soil through illegal excavation or pollution, impacting food security in Northeast China.
China Cracks Down on Black Soil Degradation to Protect Food Security
China's top judicial authorities issued a 14-article judicial interpretation to strictly enforce the Black Soil Protection Law, imposing harsh punishments on those who damage black soil through illegal excavation or pollution, impacting food security in Northeast China.
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40% Bias Score
Tata Steel Loses Court Case Over Harmful Coke Emissions
A Dutch court ruled against Tata Steel, upholding the rejection of a permit for raw coke emissions from its coke plant 2 due to violations of European regulations, potentially impacting the company's green steel production plans.
Tata Steel Loses Court Case Over Harmful Coke Emissions
A Dutch court ruled against Tata Steel, upholding the rejection of a permit for raw coke emissions from its coke plant 2 due to violations of European regulations, potentially impacting the company's green steel production plans.
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40% Bias Score
China Intensifies Crackdown on Illegal Solid Waste Dumping
On World Earth Day, Chinese courts announced a strengthened crackdown on illegal solid waste dumping, exemplified by a Jiangsu case sentencing two individuals to prison for illegally dumping over 4,800 metric tons of hazardous waste across provincial borders, incurring a 1.7 million yuan cleanup cos...
China Intensifies Crackdown on Illegal Solid Waste Dumping
On World Earth Day, Chinese courts announced a strengthened crackdown on illegal solid waste dumping, exemplified by a Jiangsu case sentencing two individuals to prison for illegally dumping over 4,800 metric tons of hazardous waste across provincial borders, incurring a 1.7 million yuan cleanup cos...
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40% Bias Score
Peruvian Court Grants River Legal Personhood After Decades of Oil Spills
A Peruvian court granted the Marañón River legal personhood in March 2024, a victory for the Kukama indigenous community that has fought for decades against oil spills polluting the river, which is their main water source and sacred to their culture. The ruling, a first in the country, orders state-...
Peruvian Court Grants River Legal Personhood After Decades of Oil Spills
A Peruvian court granted the Marañón River legal personhood in March 2024, a victory for the Kukama indigenous community that has fought for decades against oil spills polluting the river, which is their main water source and sacred to their culture. The ruling, a first in the country, orders state-...
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44% Bias Score
Queensland Government Cuts Funding for Environmental Legal Service
The Queensland government ended its \$500,000 annual funding for the Environmental Defenders Office (EDO), impacting 1500 people annually who rely on the EDO for affordable legal aid, despite assurances from the LNP state government before the election. This decision follows a \$9 million court cost...
Queensland Government Cuts Funding for Environmental Legal Service
The Queensland government ended its \$500,000 annual funding for the Environmental Defenders Office (EDO), impacting 1500 people annually who rely on the EDO for affordable legal aid, despite assurances from the LNP state government before the election. This decision follows a \$9 million court cost...
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56% Bias Score
2000+ Dutch Livestock Farms Ordered to Reduce Odor Due to Human Rights Violations
A Dutch court ruling mandates odor reduction measures for over 2000 livestock farms due to excessive stench violating residents' human rights, exceeding legal odor limits (14 ou) with measurements reaching 34 and 57.6 ou, necessitating livestock reduction for at least 1300 farms lacking technical so...
2000+ Dutch Livestock Farms Ordered to Reduce Odor Due to Human Rights Violations
A Dutch court ruling mandates odor reduction measures for over 2000 livestock farms due to excessive stench violating residents' human rights, exceeding legal odor limits (14 ou) with measurements reaching 34 and 57.6 ou, necessitating livestock reduction for at least 1300 farms lacking technical so...
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32% Bias Score
German Minister Faces Trial Over Wolf Killing
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern's Agriculture Minister Till Backhaus may face trial five years after a female wolf was shot in Rostock County due to suspicions of violating the Federal Nature Conservation Act by influencing the issuance of a killing permit; the wolf was suspected of mating with a dog.
German Minister Faces Trial Over Wolf Killing
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern's Agriculture Minister Till Backhaus may face trial five years after a female wolf was shot in Rostock County due to suspicions of violating the Federal Nature Conservation Act by influencing the issuance of a killing permit; the wolf was suspected of mating with a dog.
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32% Bias Score
Federal Judge Orders $28 Million Reimbursement to North Dakota for Dakota Access Pipeline Protest Costs
A federal judge ordered the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to pay North Dakota nearly $28 million for policing the 2016-2017 Dakota Access Pipeline protests, citing the Corps' failure to follow mandated procedures and resulting harm to the state.
Federal Judge Orders $28 Million Reimbursement to North Dakota for Dakota Access Pipeline Protest Costs
A federal judge ordered the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to pay North Dakota nearly $28 million for policing the 2016-2017 Dakota Access Pipeline protests, citing the Corps' failure to follow mandated procedures and resulting harm to the state.
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44% Bias Score
China Intensifies Crackdown on Illegal Solid Waste Dumping
Chinese courts handed down prison sentences and fines to two individuals for illegally dumping over 4,800 metric tons of hazardous waste across provincial borders in Jiangsu, highlighting a zero-tolerance policy towards environmental harm and the costs associated with such crimes.
China Intensifies Crackdown on Illegal Solid Waste Dumping
Chinese courts handed down prison sentences and fines to two individuals for illegally dumping over 4,800 metric tons of hazardous waste across provincial borders in Jiangsu, highlighting a zero-tolerance policy towards environmental harm and the costs associated with such crimes.
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36% Bias Score
Climate Litigation: A Growing Wave of Legal Challenges
Multiple lawsuits globally are using human rights and other legal frameworks to hold governments and corporations accountable for insufficient climate action and misleading the public, with varying outcomes and significant future implications.
Climate Litigation: A Growing Wave of Legal Challenges
Multiple lawsuits globally are using human rights and other legal frameworks to hold governments and corporations accountable for insufficient climate action and misleading the public, with varying outcomes and significant future implications.
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44% Bias Score
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