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Plastics Treaty Chair Stepping Down Alone Won’t Fix the Process

GENEVA, October 7, 2025 — Following The Guardian story that announced that Ambassador Luis Vayas Valdivieso, chair of the... Read More

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UN General Assembly Opens with Ever Greater Urgency to Uphold the International Rule of Law

NEW YORK, September 22, 2025— As world leaders gather in New York for the High-Level segment of the UN... Read More

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CIEL Staff React to End of Resumed Fifth Plastics Treaty Talks

GENEVA, August 15, 2025 — The fifth resumed session of the intergovernmental negotiating committee to advance a global plastics... Read More

Blog

From Frack to Fork: How Fossil Fuels Poison our Food Systems

Published October 2, 2025 By Taylor Hodge, US Agrochemicals and Fossil Fuels Campaigner, Lisa Tostado, Agrochemicals and Fossil Fuel...

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The Risks of Geoengineering on Biodiversity

Published September 24, 2025 By Alana M. Carlson, Marine Geoengineering Campaigner at the Center for International Environmental Law This...

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Historic Inter-American Court Ruling: A Game-Changer for Environmental Defenders?

This opinion was originally published by Inter Press Service News Agency and can be found here.   Para leer...

Publications

The International Investment Legal Regime, Climate Change, and Human Rights: An Overview (October 2025)

Embedded in thousands of international investment agreements, the little-known investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) system allows foreign companies to sue... Read More

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Frack to Fork: Fossil Fertilizers Harm Health, Climate, and Food Systems (Sept 2025)

When we think of fossil fuels, we often picture cars, power plants, and factories. But there’s another major player:... Read More
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EPA Rollback: A New Era of Deregulation

The federal government is moving well outside of standard processes to grant powerful corporations exemptions from potentially life-saving emissions... Read More

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