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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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“Will The Law Rise to Meet Its Highest Calling?” The Historic ICJ Climate Hearings on Climate Justice  

Published March 26, 2025 By Joie Chowdhury, Senior Attorney at the Center for International Environmental Law, and Vishal Prasad,...

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Geoengineering Governance: Restrictive Framework Must Be Upheld and Strengthened

As risky geoengineering experiments proliferate, existing laws already restrict them — but enforcement and stronger protections are needed.
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Cut and Run: How Insurers Dodge the Climate Costs They Help Create and Why Fossil Fuel Should Pay

Published March 3, 2025 By Lindsay Fenlock, Senior Researcher at the Center for International Environmental Law, and Charles Slidders,...

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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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