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UN Adopts First-Ever Resolution Recognizing the Link Between Plastic Pollution, Ocean Protection and the Right to a Healthy Environment 

GENEVA, April 3, 2025 –  The Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) warmly welcomes today’s United Nations Human Rights... Read More
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New Investigation Exposes More than 25 Global Brands Driving Fracking and Fueling the Plastic Crisis

WASHINGTON, April 1, 2025 —A new investigation by Stand.earth Research Group (SRG) and the Center for International Environmental Law... Read More
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Trump’s EPA Attempts to Hand Polluters Free Pass to Pollute Communities with Toxic Chemicals

A New EPA initiative seeks to exploit a Clean Air Act loophole, letting petrochemical and coal plants bypass limits... Read More

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The False Promise of Blue Ammonia for Shipping and Beyond

Published on April 8, 2025 By Taylor Hodge, US Agrochemicals and Fossil Fuels Campaigner, and Lindsey Jurca Durland, Senior Communications...
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An Unprecedented Opportunity: The Forum for Environmental Defenders in the Caribbean

Published on April 7, 2025 By Luisa Gomez Betancur, Senior Attorney at the Center for International Environmental Law, and...
Diverse group of people standing in front of a building, gathering for a Pre-COP event organized by Chilean CSOs FIMA and CEUS.

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Una Oportunidad Inédita: El Foro de Personas Defensoras del Ambiente Llega al Caribe

Publicado el 7 de abril de 2025 Por Luisa Gomez Betancur, Abogada Sénior, del Programa de Pueblos, Tierra y...

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Fracking for Plastics: Exposing the Supply Chain Behind the Global Plastic Crisis

New research unveils the toxic supply chain fueling global plastic production, shedding new light on the critical players driving... Read More

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Making Oceans Off-Limits to Offshore Oil and Gas (March 2025)

Fossil fuel companies are sinking ever more money into undersea reserves, taking their operations to ever deeper and more... Read More

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Promoting Human Rights in Climate Action: Report from the Baku Climate Conference COP29 (December 2024)

The 29th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change... Read More

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