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Judge Rules Montana's Neglect of Climate Change Violates Citizens' Right to a Clean Environment. Landmark decision for environmental protection. Learn about the legal implications and citizen rights! Read more! https://lnkd.in/ggpzNs7i #ClimateChange #EnvironmentalProtection

The courtroom win in Montana last week is such a victory for the climate movement. Montana is just one of three states with a green amendment to its constitution. Proud that New York is another. The National Caucus of Environmental Legislators is tracking current efforts led by other states to do the same. Give them a follow and see how you can help push policy across the country. #climateaction #climatepolicy #climatejustice

A recent Supreme Court ruling has significant implications for federal agencies' ability to regulate the environment, public health, and more. For environmental advocates and policy makers, this ruling represents a pivotal shift with broad consequences for our efforts to combat climate change and protect natural resources. #EnvironmentalLaw #ClimateChange #ShipandShoreEnvironmental #SupremeCourt #ChevronDoctrine #Sustainability #PolicyChange #PublicHealth

At IEC, we believe environmentalists across Illinois deserve the tools to hold their legislators accountable for their votes on environmental policy. IEC’s 2023 Environmental Scorecard is that tool. Every vote that impacts our environment counts, and it’s important that legislators know their constituents are watching. #IECScorecard View the Scorecard: https://lnkd.in/gvQS2pJh

Landmark case strengthens environmental rights.🤝♻ 👉 KlimaSeniorinnen's victory sets a strong example for environmental litigation. This landmark case establishes the right to a healthy environment as a fundamental human right. This decision could significantly influence future legal battles against climate inaction and set a powerful precedent for stronger environmental protection worldwide. For more details, read the article by Dorina Bosits! ⬇ https://lnkd.in/g2ZQ5Hwp #ClimateVictory #EnvironmentalLaw #RightToHealthyEnvironment #SwissCase #ClimateAction #Sustainability #HumanRights

📽 It's not every day you get to look back on major #campaigns. Thanks The ENDS Report for its short film featuring ex govt ministers, The Office for Environmental Protection, a select committee, Richard Benwell and me. 👟 We covered a lot of ground including... 📅 The challenges of getting the #Environment Bill through #Parliament - it took a mammoth 1,056 days for the draft bill to become an Act of Parliament. The bill was in three Queen’s speeches, carried over between parliamentary sessions and delayed at various points, including by the pandemic. 🔗 The strength of #partnership - without a doubt, the Greener UK coalition hosted by Green Alliance was a critical success factor in the campaign to strengthen the Act. So many people were part of this collective civil society effort - policy, legal, campaigning and media experts, as well as the many parliamentarians who scrutinised progress at every turn and the diligent civil servants who worked their socks off to draft, test and implement the bill's many provisions 🧦 🦅 The early impact - the Office for Environmental Protection has hit the ground running, is making use of its functions and is not shying away from holding public authorities to account on their environmental commitments. ⚔ The disagreements - there was strong consensus in Parliament on the need for an independent watchdog with strong powers, but the government declined to give the body the fullest amount of independence. It also failed to make the new environmental improvement framework as robust as the Climate Change Act. 🌴 The delays - more than two years on, we are still waiting for important parts of the Act to go live, including the measures to prevent products from illegal #deforestation landing on our supermarket shelves. The government must urgently activate these.

There have been some exciting developments in the European Union Parliament 🌍 Do you think these initiatives are moving the EU’s policy in the right direction? 🌲 Environmental Crimes + Punishment ♻️ Sustainable Packaging ⚡ Decarbonizing the building sector Source: European Parliament #WaterBear #ClimateAction #EnvironmentalPolicy

Industry & Big Greens Stomp on Frontline Communities & Environmental Justice … Yet Again! #GreenAmendment constitutional #environmentalrights are key to #environmentaljustice, #ClimateJustice and generational protection. True #CleanEnergy supports @GreenAmendments. If a company or organization are standing against environmental rights & opposing #GreenAmendment protections for a state - whether by outright advocacy or silent acquiescence -- then I question their true intentions & belief in their own claims of environmental protection.

Goldberg Segalla's Sarah Mangelsdorf writes: There has been a recent push across the country placing “green amendments” at the forefront of the fight to combat climate change and promote environmental justice. Analogous to the rights enumerated in the Bill of Rights, such as freedom of speech or freedom of religion, a green amendment is an amendment to a state Constitution’s Bill of Rights that guarantees its citizens the inalienable right to clean air, clean water, and a healthy environment. These amendments serve to create a constitutional mandate that every citizen has a right to a healthy environment. #climatechange #environmentaljustice #statelegislation #constitutionalrights #greenamendments

In this alert, Richard Forsten, Pamela Goodwin and Elizabeth Witmer analyze the Supreme Court's decision to review whether the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requires federal agencies to consider environmental impacts beyond the direct scope of their regulatory authority when preparing environmental impact statements. To learn more, visit: https://lnkd.in/eyxMqukZ #NEPA #SCOTUS #EnvironmentalAuthority