On July 28, member states of the U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to adopt a historic resolution that recognizes that a clean, healthy and sustainable environment is a human right. While the ...

Listening to some politicos on the campaign trail, it's easy to assume that most Americans are against protecting the environment and that government should simply let the market regulate itself. For ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am an attorney who writes about sustainability law and policy. For the first two weeks in December, the International Court of ...

Life, liberty — and a clean environment? A national coalition of environmental activists is trying to amend state constitutions to establish a guaranteed right to a safe climate or a clean environment ...

Living and dead whitebark pine stand together at a U.S. Forest Service research and restoration site at the Snowbowl ski area near Missoula, Mont. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Perspective by Scott ...

Less than a week after an abnormally intense wildfire killed 115 people and scorched the historic Hawaiian city of Lahaina while smoke from other fires still blanketed much of Canada, a judge in ...

Ireland—a nation synonymous with its abundant, verdant landscapes—is considering a nationwide referendum on the rights of nature and the human right to a healthy environment. If that happens, Ireland ...

SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – Do New Mexicans need the legal right to a clean environment? That’s one of the big questions legislators are considering at the Roundhouse. Senate Joint Resolution 6 would ...

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