The secretive cabal of US polluters that is rewriting the EU’s human rights and climate law
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European Court of Human Rights has cleared Norway of violating its citizens' constitutional rights in a case dating back to the award of oil and gas exploration licences in 2016
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In Norway's far north, members of the Sámi minority and environmental activists are trying to block the construction of a copper mine
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The biggest animal welfare victory of the 21st century, explained in one chart | Global fur production has collapsed. Here’s how it happened.
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Nebraska sues neighboring Colorado over how much water it’s drawing from the South Platte River
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Chickens are smarter than you think
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Iceland has authorised whale hunting for the next five years, despite welfare concerns
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Ecuador river is granted the right to not be polluted in historic court case
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Ecuador court rules pollution violates rights of a river running through capital
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US Supreme Court rejects states agreement over Rio grande water distribution
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Indigenous nations approve historic water rights agreement with state of Arizona. It now goes to US Congress.
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Bid to secure spot for glacier in Icelandic presidential race heats up – decade-old idea for Snæfellsjökull has snowballed into a full-blown campaign
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Switzerland’s climate failures breached human rights, top court rules
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Phoenix passes historic ordinance giving outdoor workers protection from extreme heat
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Norway and the Sámi people end a dispute over Europe's largest onshore wind farm – deal includes a future-oriented solution that safeguards reindeer farming rights
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Sámi rights activists in Norway charged over protests against wind farm affecting reindeer herding
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Why is the Colorado River running dry?
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New York residents say a hazardous waste incinerator’s emissions violate their new constitutional right to a “healthful environment.”
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US state of Arizona cancels leases and water rights for Saudi company that grows alfalfa
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‘We can’t drink oil’: How a seventy-year-old pipeline imperils the Great Lakes
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Indigenous Sámi activist set up camp outside the Norwegian parliament to protest against wind turbines built on land traditionally used by reindeer herders
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In the US, as the planet records some of its highest average temperatures, workers have barely any legal protections from extreme heat
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Respect existence or expect resistance – protests in Norway against wind farm on Sámi land
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The Faroe Islands' annual whale hunt has begun, sparking condemnation from animal rights groups – though it remains a complex cultural issue
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Activists block Norway's energy ministry, protesting against wind turbines built on land traditionally used by the Sámi indigenous people
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Swedish reindeer herders say their animals are being affected by wind farms and other industry
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Young Australians just won a historic human rights case against an enormous coal mine
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Greta Thunberg Foundation has donated £158,000 to cover legal costs of indigenous people in Sweden's Arctic as they battle a British mining company
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The Norwegians should not have killed Freya the walrus – if we valued the lives of animals, we would not simply exterminate the ones that inconvenience us
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UN experts call for Sweden to scrap a planned iron ore mine – toxic waste and other contaminants would cause 'irreversible risks' to land used by the Sámi
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Nebraska will spend $500M to claim South Platte River water from Colorado
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'Inexcusable': Amazon under fire after warehouse collapse kills at least six
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Norway's supreme court stripped two wind farms of their operating licences in a case that could boost the legal rights of the country's indigenous Sámi people
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Rights of nature: How granting a river personhood could help protect it
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How returning lands to native tribes is helping protect nature
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Sámi reindeer herders file lawsuit against Norway windfarm – indigenous communities say planned Øyfjellet turbines will interfere with migration paths
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Environmental Protection Agency grants Oklahoma control over tribal lands
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Murders, megaprojects and a 'new Panama Canal' in Mexico
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The more Patagonia rejects consumerism, the more the brand sells
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"March to Protect The Sacred" against tar sands pipeline in Clearbrook, MN
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How the women of Standing Rock are building sovereign economies
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Biodiversity is the highest on Indigenous-managed lands
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Rainforest on fire: On the front lines of Bolsonaro’s war on the Amazon, Brazil’s forest communities fight against climate catastrophe
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Question of the century: Do we have a right to a livable climate?
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To some solar users, power company fees are an unfair charge
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Bolivia must practice what it preaches
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Water democracy: Farmers in New Mexico band together to protect scarce water resources from developments that could end their way of life
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What a Denver suburb can teach the West about water
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Healthy snowpack in the Colorado River basin is improving reservoirs across multiple states
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Will damming this river lead to war?
6 votes