While the dangerous effects of climate change continue to worsen, legal efforts to address a range of environmental issues ...

Since Ecuador recognized the rights of Pachamama, the Quechua name for Mother Earth, in its Constitution in 2008, more than 500 laws on the rights of nature have been enacted around the world.

When big infrastructure projects spring up, one crucial law — the National Environmental Policy Act — has for decades been a key way the government has required powerful industry interests to consider ...