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Environmental law changes 'possible' to expedite resource projects: government House leader
The government House leader confirmed on Thursday plans to change regulations and legislation in order to speed up the approvals of major resource projects.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/environmental-law-changes-major-resource-projects-9.7192022?cmp=rss

NewsletterTF May 6

BHP Denied Appeal in Landmark Brazilian Dam Collapse Case

BHP's appeal to avoid liability for the 2015 Brazil dam collapse is denied by a UK court. Hundreds of thousands affected await compensation.

#BHP, #BrazilDamDisaster, #UKLaw, #CorporateLiability, #EnvironmentalLaw

https://newsletter.tf/bhp-uk-appeal-denied-brazil-dam-collapse/

NewsletterTF May 6

BHP's attempt to appeal its liability for the 2015 Brazil dam disaster has been rejected by a UK court, meaning the company must face further legal proceedings for compensation.

#BHP, #BrazilDamDisaster, #UKLaw, #CorporateLiability, #EnvironmentalLaw
https://newsletter.tf/bhp-uk-appeal-denied-brazil-dam-collapse/

BHP Loses UK Appeal Over Brazil Dam Disaster Liability

BHP's appeal to avoid liability for the 2015 Brazil dam collapse is denied by a UK court. Hundreds of thousands affected await compensation.

NewsletterTF

Nonilex May 5

The #GreatPacificGarbagePatch is a #plastic #trash nightmare. It is also part of a much bigger, problem.

Out in the #PacificOcean, between #Hawaii & #California, is the Great #Pacific #Garbage Patch, a swirl of #PlasticTrash >2X the size of Texas. As pieces of plastic tumble against each other, they break down into particles tiny enough to be borne aloft on the wind [& inhaled].

#law #EnvironmentalLaw #microplastics #PublicHealth #health #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/04/climate/microplastics-nanoplastics-air-global-warming

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a plastic trash nightmare. It could also be part of a much bigger, hidden problem

Microplastics and nanoplastics are so small and lightweight they can be swept into the air, where they may be helping to heat up the planet, new research finds

CNN

Wendy May 4

In Wellington, Green Party MP Teanau Tuiono introduced the Tohorā Oranga Bill — the Whale Health Bill — proposing legal personhood for Pacific whales. Not protection. Personhood. Rights to freedom of movement, healthy environment, habitat restoration, protected social structures. The bill rises from years of Indigenous advocacy, from the He Whakaputanga Moana Declaration signed by Polynesian leaders in 2024. Twenty-two percent of New Zealand's whales and marine mammals face extinction. While one empire strips every restraint from corporations, another parliament at the bottom of the Pacific decides a sperm whale is a person under law. The land has always known what we are pretending to discover. This is not sentiment. This is metaphysics rewritten.

https://twp.ai/4hpmrw

#Nature #Law #WhalePersonhood #NewZealand #IndigenousRights #Tohorā #EnvironmentalLaw #PacificOcean #Conservation #LegalRights #MarineBiology #DeepEcology

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wendythedruid May 4

While Washington guts every protection that ever restrained a corporation, a Green Party MP in Wellington walks into parliament and says: a whale is a person. The Tohorā Oranga Bill would grant Pacific whales freedom of movement, habitat restoration, protected social structures. 22% of New Zealand's marine mammals face extinction.

https://twp.ai/9OV23c

#Nature #Law #WhalePersonhood #NewZealand #IndigenousRights #TohorāOranga #EnvironmentalLaw #PacificOcean #Conservation #lgbtqia #trans

What Survives the Morning: Political Anxiety & Survival

What Survives the Morning: Political chaos, nervous system tactics, and why 62% should be fucking 97%. Queer analysis for survival.

Wendy The Druid

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Nonilex Apr 23

The section responsible ⁠for #EnvironmentalLaw lost about a third of its staff. And the department’s #CivilRights Division lost more than half. And the Bureau of #Prisons – which the DOJ’s internal watchdog has said is in a “staffing crisis” – shed more than 2,200 employees, about 6% of its workforce. The number of inmates in federal custody has remained largely unchanged.

#FactCheck #TrumpLies #law #DOJ #NationalSecurity #Trump #criminal