Rebecca Brown is the new president and CEO of the Center for International Environmental Law. Courtesy of CIEL. The Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), a global leader in defending the ...

Because the courts have not fleshed out all the nuances of what the Environmental Rights Amendment means, this superficially procedural decision may have important implications for how that ...

So, you may have read The Lorax when you were growing up, and you will recall that the great declaration of that book is a Lorax standing at a stump and saying, ‘I speak for the trees,’” says visiting ...

Earth Day 2026 carries the theme Our Power, Our Planet — a rallying cry for people everywhere to reclaim their voice, their rights, and their ...

The courtroom is quite full today as we near the end of the term. A key reason for that is this is the last day for in-person admissions to the Supreme Court Bar. The bar section is packed with groups ...

In 1993, by virtue of Republic Act 7662, the Legal Education Board (LEB) was created as the government agency responsible for ...

Banner for the CT Environmental Rights Amendment on the steps of the Old State House Credit: Jan Ellen Sipegel / CT Mirror The Supreme Court has been undermining environmental regulations at the ...

In a rare show of unity on May 29, 2025, The U.S. Supreme Court justices ruled 8-0 in favor of limiting the scope of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) The court recognized that despite many ...

Civil society and Indigenous rights groups are calling for greater public participation and transparency in the drafting process of what they say could be a pivotal agreement to protect environmental ...

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SIR: The National Assembly has begun the constitutional amendment process, and as usual, all sorts of areas in the constitution have been proposed for amendment. One area that is often ignored but ...