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The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) held that Ireland?s legal fees are ?prohibitively expensive? and are restricting access to justice after receiving a complaint by an Irish…
This article reports about access to information on potentially hazardous substances. The Environmental Protection Ministry of Israel unveiled the data contained in its 2014 Pollutant Release and…
Hungary plans to expand its nuclear power plant Paks from four to six blocks. Representatives of the neighbouring Green Party in Germy are preparing a complain to the UN Aarhus Committee against the…
The article deals with a judgement of the European Court of Justice, whereby Germany has failed to fulfil the obligations of the Directives on Environmental Impact Assessment and on Industrial…
Thousands of cities signed a new Covenant of Mayors which requires them to submit reports on their vulnerability to climate change to the European Commission every two years. Nevertheless, the cities…
The international charitable organization ?Environment-People-Law? (EPL) jointly with the National School of Judges of Ukraine at financial support of USAID Fair Justice Project held a training for…
According to the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE), proposals to expose claimants in environmental cases to higher financial liabilities if they lose their cases could deter people from…
The article deals with the declaration of a project as of strategic interest for the Canaries with procedural effects on public participation. Canary Islands Government is entitled to set their own…
The MEP of the Movement 5 Stars in Calabria Region claims the lack of an appropriate waste management plan and that the transfer and treatment of the waste, even in the Celico landfill, may take…
A small hydroelectric power plant is planned in Innervillgraten. Environmentalists invited the Ministry to stop the construction of power plants and will petition the European Court of Justice for a…