I've been following Katie Surma's enlightening #rightsofnature reporting for a couple of years and sometimes I have this gut-level question -- how did we develop the idea that we in any way would have the right to chop and kill something 1000 years old? insideclimatenews.org/tags/rights-of…

“I would like to see us finally implementing the rights of nature in our constitution so we can safeguard our environment and our livelihoods'

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Story Update:

A Town Board in Colorado Repeals Rights of Nature Resolutions

The ink is barely dry on a Colorado town’s first rights of nature resolutions, yet a motion to repeal them passed unanimously Tuesday night.

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The Department of Agriculture Rubber-Stamped Tyson’s “Climate Friendly” Beef, but No One Has Seen the Data Behind the Company’s Claim insideclimatenews.org/news/08052024/…

A Colorado town embraced the Rights of Nature, symbolically recognizing the rights of a creek and appointing two guardians to study and report on the ecosystem's health.

With the ink barely dry on those resolutions, the town is voting to repeal them

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EV Sales Are Taking Off. Why Is Oil Demand Still Climbing? insideclimatenews.org/news/07052024/…

Historic Agreement with the Federal Government and Arizona Gives Colorado River Indian Tribes Control Over Use of Their Water off Tribal Land insideclimatenews.org/news/02052024/…

Skyrocketing demand for energy transition minerals is having a direct impact on the environment, communities and workers across Eastern Europe and Central Asia, according to a new report

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Here it is, #Exxonknew from Inside Climate News, the Pulitzer finalist from 2015: Exxon’s Own Research Confirmed Fossil Fuels’ Role in Global Warming Decades Ago insideclimatenews.org/news/02052024/…

Exxon Criticized Inside Climate News' Stories Publicly, But Privately, Didn't Dispute The Findings

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Residents of La Oroya, Peru have won a landmark victory from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, which ruled that Peru was responsible for the physical and mental harm that a metallurgical facility’s pollution inflicted. Read more by Katie Surma.

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“If corporations have rights, shouldn’t nature”: The quest for the recognition of nature’s rights in the U.S. advances with advocates testing out a new strategy

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Lovely to see our Inside Climate News story on Aruba's move to recognize the 'rights of nature' receive some bigger reach.

Here is our original reporting:

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It was a big day for regulation of power plants, and my colleague Marianne Lavelle has this roundup: insideclimatenews.org/news/25042024/…

Residents of La Oroya, Peru have won a landmark victory from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, which ruled that Peru was responsible for the physical and mental harm that a metallurgical facility’s pollution inflicted. Read more by Katie Surma.

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In Pensacola, Fla., EPA faulted for wasting millions, failing to prevent spread of Superfund site contamination. You don't want dioxin flowing into your yard, or in your water. @katie_surma insideclimatenews.org/news/23042024/…

The Environmental Protection Agency may have wasted or risked millions of dollars by failing to prevent the spread of contamination hazardous to human health at a Superfund site in Pensacola, Florida, an agency watchdog report found.

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An ODI study found that from 2013-2022, 23 of the most climate-vulnerable small island developing states spent $46B servicing their debts. That is ~3x the amount of int'l. #ClimateFinance those SIDs received over the same period.

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Small island countries are increasingly becoming locked into a cycle of environmental disasters and compounding debt burdens, making them less capable of investing in climate resilient infrastructure and providing basic services, according to a new report

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My latest:

Fracking-induced earthquakes are menacing Argentina as regulators stand by.

Policymakers have long known that fracking operations can trigger earthquakes. Why has it taken regulators so long to exercise oversight over the industry?

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