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The Supreme Court Case That Could Upend the Clean Water Act
Everyone wants clean water, and America's public waterways haven't always been very clean. In 1969, the Cuyahoga River in Ohio was so polluted
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Analysis: Legislation eroding forests rights could compromise India’s carbon sinks
Legislation passed earlier this year fundamentally restructures how India’s forests are governed, legal experts and activists have told The Third
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Cambodian official arrested on wildlife trafficking charges could serve as ‘wake-up call’ for primate trade
Editor’s note: The Third Pole was present at the 19th Conference of the Parties to CITES – the global wildlife trade summit – when this story
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Cambodian official arrested on wildlife trafficking charges could serve as ‘wake-up call’ for primate trade
Editor’s note: The Third Pole was present at the 19th Conference of the Parties to CITES – the global wildlife trade summit – when this story
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‘A waste of time and money’: Why are environmental assessments so ineffective in Nepal?
In March 2018, an environmental impact assessment (EIA) for a proposed airport in Nijgadh, in southern Nepal’s Bara district, was submitted to the
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‘A waste of time and money’: Why are environmental assessments so ineffective in Nepal?
In March 2018, an environmental impact assessment (EIA) for a proposed airport in Nijgadh, in southern Nepal’s Bara district, was submitted to the
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Courts or policies: Which matters more for climate action in South Asia?
In 2015, Asghar Leghari, a tax lawyer and farmer, successfully sued the government of Pakistan. The Lahore High Court ruled that the state was
Third Circuit Rejects Oil Company Efforts to Remove Climate Claims to Federal Court
Today the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit decided Hoboken v. Chevron, rejecting the oil company defendants' efforts to remove
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New climate bill: Look on the bright side, and (almost) everyone’s a winner
Published August 09, 2022After more than a year of wheeling and dealing with resistant holdouts, the Senate Democrats finally passed a package of
WV v. EPA: Some Answers about Major Questions (But Not All the Answers We Need)
In West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency, the Supreme Court correctly concluded that the Obama Administration and U.S. Court of Appeals
WV v. EPA: Some Answers about Major Questions (But Not All the Answers We Need)
In West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency, the Supreme Court correctly concluded that the Obama Administration and U.S. Court of Appeals
Supreme Court Rejects Broad EPA Authority to Regulate Greenhouse Gases from Power Plants (Updated)
Today the Supreme Court decided West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency. Chief Justice Roberts wrote the opinion for the Court, rejecting
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Environmentalists' Lawsuit Brings Minneapolis' YIMBY Success Story to a Screeching Halt
Minneapolis' first-in-the-nation abolition of single-family-only zoning has been reversed by a local judge, who ruled that the city's recent
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New York Puts Bitcoin Mining in the Crosshairs
Big governments have many reasons to oppose sovereign monetary technologies like bitcoin. The existence of a permissionless money network
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Is this the beginning of prioritizing buses on Chicago’s streets?
Years ago when I first moved to Chicago and took the CTA’s #4 Cottage Grove bus downtown from my then-neighborhood of Kenwood to visit the Art