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Montana Supreme Court Holds State Constitution Includes Protections Against Climate Change

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Throughout 2024, young Americans from states like Oregon, California, and Hawaii turned to litigation, arguing that court intervention is necessary to protect them from climate change. The young plaintiffs spearheading these...more

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Italian citizens Sue Oil Supermajor To Compel Accelerated Emissions Reductions

On May 9, 2023, Greenpeace, fellow climate change activist group ReCommon and 12 Italian citizens from regions affected by impacts of climate change announced their intention to file a first-of-its-kind lawsuit in Italy...more

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Considering Environmental Justice in Natural Resource Damage Assessment - Injury to Recreation Resources

Abstract - Determining the amount of restoration needed to compensate the public for injury to natural resources is central to estimating natural resource damages (NRDs). Formal restoration scaling methods have not...more

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State Laws Provide New Pathways for Environmental Justice Claims

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Environmental justice moved to the forefront of sociopolitical discussions in the country in 2020, receiving increased attention from politicians, community groups, and environmental agencies. Although this concept is not...more

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Louisiana Coastal Zone Litigation Likely to Remain in Federal Court

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In Plaquemines Parish et al. v. Chevron et al., the U. S. Fifth Circuit has ruled on whether 42 suits brought by six parishes and the Louisiana Attorney General against a number of oil companies belongs in federal court or...more

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