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La Convención de Ramsar, aprobada en 1971, es el primer acuerdo multilateral sobre el medio ambiente que se firmó a escala mundial.
ELAW presents this brief primer on climate litigation to help lawyers defending the
rights of communities and protecting the climate.
In Wildearth Guardians, environmental organizations claimed that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) did not adequately address greenhouse gas emissions associated with coal leases. In its environmental analysis, the BLM had concluded that there was no appreciable difference between the…
Montana Environmental Information Center v. U.S. Office of Surface Mining, Civ. No. 15-106-M-DWM (D. Mont. 2017)August 14, 2017 Environmental organizations challenged a decision by the Office of Surface Mining to allow the expansion of the Bull Mountains Mine No. 1…
This Law shall set legal and organisational policies for an environmental
impact assessment with a view to avoid environmental damage.
Alberta Wilderness Ass’n v. Cardinal River Coals Ltd. [1999] 3 FC 425 April 8, 1999 A coalition of conservation organizations challenged a ministry decision allowing a coal mine to be constructed just outside the boundary of a national park. One…
European Commission v. Kingdom of Spain, ECJ C-404/09 (2011) (European Court of Justice) November 24, 2011 The European Commission alleged that the kingdom of Spain approved two open-cast coal-mining projects without properly evaluating the direct, indirect, and cumulative environmental impacts…
This Order vacated and replaced with new order: Center for Biological Diversity v. NHTSA, 538 F.3d 1172 (9th Cir. 2008)
