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The German Parliament has adopted legislation amending previous rules on access to justice for environmental associations, implementing Article 9 of the Aarhus Convention into national law. The Court…

The European Commission adopted a guidance document on access to justice in environmental matters, based on access to justice provisions in EU secondary environmental law and provisions of the Aarhus…

Changes to court regulations make it too financially risky to bring claims against air pollutions standards and other environmental issues of public interests, environmental charities in…

Individuals and organizations urge planning minister Simon Coveney to reverse the license to cut the large brown seaweed or kelp forest, due to begin in the months to come. They argue that…

UK civil procedure rules concerning costs for bringing claims falling within the scope of the Aarhus Convention have been changed. Environmental NGO's seek to challenge the new rules by…

The Bavarian Administrative Court has rejected once more the claim brought by the Bavarian Society for the Protection of Birds (LBV) against the construction of a wind turbine. The LBV argues…

The article refers to the recent meeting of the Working Group of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention held in Geneva in the beginning of April 2017. The meeting was chaired by the Deputy Minister of…

The Federal Council of Austria discussed the extensive administrative reform package of the Ministry of Environment yesterday, which aims at simplifying procedures. The Administrative Act includes…

The governments of Spain and Portugal have agreed to construct a storage for nuclear waste just 100 kilometres off the Portuguese border. In January, the People-Animals-Nature Party (PAN) filed a…

The works on the Tyrrhenian-Brenner motorway in Ronco Campo Canneto have continued regardless of the fact that citizens were not provided with sufficient information on the project as required by the…