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Amsterdam, June 2, 2021 - On the eve of the 50th anniversary of the 1972 Stockholm conference that created the United Nations Environmental Programme, it is clear that the global environmental situation has only deteriorated. In Our Earth Matters: Pathways to a Better Common Environmental Future, an extended special issue of
Environmental Policy and Law (EPL), leading scholars from more than five continents call for an honest introspection of what has been attained over the last 50 years relating to regulatory processes and laws and explore future trajectories with new ideas and frameworks for environmental governance in the 21st century.
South Americans seek a healthy environment
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A landmark lawsuit filed against Guyana’s government, arguing that oil production fuels climate change, could bolster legal action as court cases involving energy companies and state authorities surge, according to lawyers and environmentalists.
The constitutional claim the first of its kind in the English-speaking Caribbean asserts that oil exploration and production led by US oil major ExxonMobil off the South American country’s coast is unconstitutional, said the case’s lead lawyer Melinda Janki.
Filed by two Guyanese citizens in late May before the tiny nation’s constitutional court, the lawsuit centers on the duty of the state to protect the environment for present and future generations, said Janki.
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The Trump administration exempted the agency from the Sunshine Act in April 2020, despite the fact that the DFC’s predecessor agency, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, or OPIC, was subject to the act. In response to the litigation, the DFC has claimed that the Sunshine Act does not apply to it, meaning DFC is under no obligation to notify and hold public meetings.
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By Anastasia Moloney
BOGOTA, May 31 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A landmark lawsuit filed against Guyana s government, arguing that oil production fuels climate change, could bolster legal action as court cases involving energy companies and state authorities surge, according to lawyers and environmentalists.
The constitutional claim - the first of its kind in the English-speaking Caribbean - asserts that oil exploration and production led by U.S. oil major ExxonMobil off the South American country s coast is unconstitutional, said the case s lead lawyer Melinda Janki.