Doctors today at the BMA annual representative meeting agreed on ‘safeguarding the rights of healthcare workers and medical students engaged in activism’, believing that ‘such participation is fundamental to health equity and reducing inequalities’.

This is a great thread on criminal accountability for climate change. I've written more on cases before the International Criminal Court here the-wave.net/internationalc… and here theguardian.com/environment/20…

Breaking: After our historic constitutional climate litigation case in 2021, we will sue the German government (again) for its climate inaction. 🔥 Climate justice is our right, and we will keep fighting. On the streets and at court. theguardian.com/world/article/…

exclu: plastics companies may have broken many US laws by blocking mitigation efforts, per a new Center for International Environmental Law report it includes revelations on the industry's strategies to kill packaging bans ... such as pitting enviros and labor against one another (!) shorturl.at/Lnp48

🔴NEW: Campaigners are increasingly taking out lawsuits against the funders of fossil fuels and other climate-harming activities, according to a new report by Grantham LSE ✍️Write-up by Isabella Kaminski for DeSmog👇 desmog.com/2024/06/26/lse…

To clarify, no lawsuits have yet been filed. German campaigners want the president not to sign an amendment to the law which they say waters down climate policy. If he does, they will file THREE separate constitutional claims. #climatelitigation

BREAKING: This. Is. Huge. We have resoundingly WON our appeal with World Uyghur Congress against the National Crime Agency (NCA) - and this decision will have massive consequences for high street retail giants trading and importing forced labour goods. 1/

Shout out to Coco Khan & Nish Kumar for consistently raising climate in their political interviews & chats on Pod Save the UK. I mean this in the nicest possible way but a comedian is showing up professional political journalists, and how

This sounds dull, but what it *actually* means is the has EU agreed to stop fossil fuel investors from the EU suing other member states under the treaty, even after they leave. As it stands, the ECT has a big impact on climate policy, as I wrote here: desmog.com/2023/09/27/a-s…

We've discovered corporations & public authorities are using civil injunctions to ban protests in over 1000 locations in what lawyers like Raj Chada call a privatised public order system only available to the rich & powerful 👇1/3 bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Incredibly important Supreme Court case this morning for all who love our rivers Water companies *can* be sued by riparian owners for damages in trespass & nuisance for sewage spills! This potentially unleashes a flood of claims against water companies supremecourt.uk/cases/docs/uks…

I am overjoyed that following the Supreme Court’s judgment in my case on Horse Hill, the government has conceded that the controversial new coal mine planned for Cumbria was also permitted unlawfully and the planning permission should be quashed. friendsoftheearth.uk/climate/govern…

El Acuerdo de Escazú influye cada vez más en las resoluciones judiciales de la región. Por Isabella Kaminski en Dialogue Earth Español dialogue.earth/es/justicia/el… cc #EscazúAHORA | #EscazuNOW | #EscazúAGORA Activa Escazú | Active Escazú | Ativo Escazú FARN CEJIL Natalia Gomez Peña Mijael Kaufman Falchuk

The longest sentence handed down to a violent racist rioter this week is shorter than the sentences imposed on entirely peaceful environmental protesters last month. Labour must repeal the Tory laws that treat peaceful protest more severely than violent disorder and assault.

My latest feature for The Wave examines the growing number of lawsuits around the world challenging governments and companies to address the climate crisis without trampling over people or the environment #JustTransition #climatelitigation the-wave.net/disturbing-ris…

For ENDS Report I explored Wales' landmark new soundscapes law, which recognises the value to society of positive sounds, particularly those in nature, and builds it into the planning system. endsreport.com/article/188326…

This is the latest example of a 'disturbing' trend, where people are challenging governments & companies to address the climate crisis without trampling over people or the environment. See my article: the-wave.net/disturbing-ris…

Well, this is ominous. The US Air Force is refusing to comply w/ an EPA order to clean up drinking water it polluted with toxic #PFAS, claiming the agency lacks authority since “Chevron doctrine” was struck down by the Supreme Court. theguardian.com/us-news/articl…“Chevron%20doctrine”

The EU is being sued for failing to set ambitious climate targets in key sectors. CAN EUROPE & GLAN | Global Legal Action Network argue that climate targets laid out for agriculture, waste, transport and small industry to 2030 are “grossly inadequate”. My latest for Guardian Environment theguardian.com/environment/ar…

Super proud of this story for Hakai Magazine. The Brazilian city of Linhares has legally recognised its waves as living beings, marking the first known time part of the ocean has been granted legal personhood #rightsofnature hakaimagazine.com/news/for-the-f…