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Isabella Kaminski @isabellakaminski.bsky.social · 14d

"The law commands it," António Guterres tells the UN General Assembly, urging states to submit more ambitious climate plans. The language and urgency of the International Court of Justice's advisory opinion is starting to bleed into diplomatic discourse:
www.independent.co.uk/news/earth-a...

Hot talk: As deadline and higher temperatures loom, stronger warming-fighting plans urged at UN

More than 100 world leaders have gathered to discuss urgent climate action as Earth continues to heat up

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dag @davidallengreen.bsky.social · Sep 8

Improvement to London gothic monstrosity.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

New Banksy mural appears at Royal Courts of Justice

The artwork, which shows a judge hitting a protester with a gavel, was confirmed by the elusive street artist.

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Isabella Kaminski @isabellakaminski.bsky.social · Jul 23

Expectations outside the court are high. Cynthia Houniuhi, president of Pacific Island Students Fighting Climate Change, told me it was "nerve-wracking" waiting for the advisory opinion she and others first dreamed of six years ago. #ICJAO #climatejustice

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Isabella Kaminski @isabellakaminski.bsky.social · Jul 23

Later today, the International Court of Justice will hand down its much-anticipated advisory opinion on climate change which will shape climate politics & law for years to come. Find out more about this historic moment, and the young people who sparked the whole thing 👇 #climatejustice #ICJAO

'Whether you win or lose, some fights are worth fighting': How a bold student plan swept to UN world court

The world's largest ever climate legal case comes to a conclusion today. It sprang from unlikely origins in a student project, but quickly became a massive global operation.

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Civil Eats @civileats.com · Jul 9

Most avocados sold in the U.S. come from Mexico, where farming methods have serious environmental and human-rights impacts. Yet importers continue to market the fruit as sustainably grown.

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US Importers Sued for ‘Greenwashing’ Mexican Avocados

Most avocados sold in the U.S. are imports from Mexico, where farming has environmental and human-rights impacts little known to consumers.

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Isabella Kaminski @isabellakaminski.bsky.social · Jul 9

Most avocados sold in the US come from Mexico, where farming methods have big environmental & human rights impacts. Yet importers continue to market the fruit as sustainably grown, so they're being sued for 'greenwashing' their products. By me for @civileats.com #greenwashing #climatelitigation

US Importers Sued for ‘Greenwashing’ Mexican Avocados

Most avocados sold in the U.S. are imports from Mexico, where farming has environmental and human-rights impacts little known to consumers.

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Isabella Kaminski @isabellakaminski.bsky.social · Jul 4

I was up late last night trying to get a grip of this massive and wide-ranging document, which is still only available in Spanish (English translation to come next week) corteidh.or.cr/tablas/OC-32...

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Isabella Kaminski @isabellakaminski.bsky.social · Jul 4

There is a human right to a stable climate and states have a duty to protect it.

That's one of the key findings of a new advisory opinion by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, which was requested by Chile and Colombia two years ago.

Countries must protect human right to a stable climate, court rules

Costa Rica-based inter-American court of human rights says states have obligation to respond to climate change

www.theguardian.com

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · Jun 25

Greenwashing lawsuits - Judges across the world are proving sceptical of companies’ attempts to offset their greenhouse gas emissions by buying carbon credits - report

Story by @isabellakaminski.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Rise in legal challenges over carbon credit schemes

Scrutiny of how companies plan to meet climate commitments is growing, with many successful legal challenges

www.theguardian.com

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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · Jun 19

Fascinating look at the ruling earlier this month from Hungary's Constitutional Court ordering the government to improve its climate law, from @isabellakaminski.bsky.social for @drilledmedia.bsky.social drilled.media/news/Hungari...

Court Orders Hungarian Government to Toughen Climate Plans

Hungary’s Constitutional Court has demanded its government write a real climate law, but it remains to be seen which government will win power in the next election and whether it will take this ruling...

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Lucy Jordan @lucyjordan.bsky.social · Jun 18

My new investigation for @unearthednews.bsky.social — we found truly shocking scenes of UK labels washed ashore, and vast illegal fast fashion dumps mushrooming in a beautiful conservation area in Ghana 👇

Unearthed @unearthednews.bsky.social · Jun 18

NEW: Fashion waste is overwhelming Ghana — and now it’s spilling into Accra’s protected wetlands.
With @greenpeaceafrica.org, we found UK brands and huge new dump sites in a conservation area home to endangered turtles.
👉 unearthed.greenpeace.org/2025/06/18/u...

UK brands found in ‘fast fashion graveyard’ in African conservation area

Clothes discarded by UK consumers and shipped to Ghana have been found in a huge textile dumpsite in a protected African conservation area.

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · Jun 18

“By injecting a staggering $869bn into fossil fuel financing in 2024 alone, the world’s largest banks fund the climate chaos... Governments must step in & take urgent action to hold financial institutions accountable for their role in the #climatecrisis” - @davidxvx.bsky.social‬

World’s largest banks pledged $869bn to fossil fuel firms in 2024, new report finds

Two-thirds of the biggest 65 banks increased financing by $162bn from 2023 to 2024, walking back climate promises

www.theguardian.com

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Isabella Kaminski @isabellakaminski.bsky.social · Jun 18

Put on your blue face mask and your asthma inhaler

Politico @politico.com · Jun 17

The NAACP intends to sue Musk over the pollution caused by his xAI turbines in South Memphis.

NAACP launches lawsuit over pollution from Musk’s xAI

Memphis is already ranked as an asthma capital of the nation.

www.politico.com

Isabella Kaminski @isabellakaminski.bsky.social · Jun 17

If you think you're having a bad day, I just joined a webinar where hardcorn porn started playing over a jaunty tune and the host couldn't stop it

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Isabella Kaminski @isabellakaminski.bsky.social · Jun 12

Beware the middle-aged female journalist for she is invisible and will hear the incautious or idiotic things you think you're saying in private.

It's a cursed superpower.

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Isabella Kaminski @isabellakaminski.bsky.social · Jun 11

It's worth noting that several European courts have dismissed the argument that a state or corporation's contribution to global emissions is too small to matter - including recently in Germany www.france24.com/en/live-news...

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Dana Nuccitelli @dananuccitelli.bsky.social · Jun 11

The EPA's reasoning to justify repealing greenhouse gas regulations for power plants is so tortured, I feel like my brain has been waterboarded after reading it 🤯

The justification goes like this...🧵(1/8)

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · Jun 11

Climate.gov, a major US government website supporting public education on climate science, will likely shut down after almost all of its staff were fired. What would be worse is if the website were co-opted to publish climate denial content.

Major US climate website likely to be shut down after almost all staff fired

Exclusive: Climate.gov, which supports public education on climate science, will soon no longer publish new content

www.theguardian.com

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Isabella Kaminski @isabellakaminski.bsky.social · Jun 10

This is the context I need

Dr Dean Burnett @garwboy.bsky.social · Jun 10

"When you think about it, all matter in the universe will ultimately evaporate in a few quadrillion years, so they're not really 'forever' chemicals..."

The Guardian @theguardian.com · Jun 10

Scientists warn against attempts to change definition of ‘forever chemicals’

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Isabella Kaminski @isabellakaminski.bsky.social · Jun 5

With #UNOC3 just around the corner, it's good to reflect on what courts and the law can - and can't - do to promote climate action and protect the oceans. This was a really interesting article to write for @dialogueearth.bsky.social 👇 #climatelitigation #climatejustice #oceanjustice

Daniel Cressey @dpcressey.bsky.social · Jun 5

It was a landmark legal opinion, experts said. So, one year on, what impact is the Itlos opinion having on the ocean and climate change?

Very pleased that @isabellakaminski.bsky.social has written this important piece for @dialogueearth.bsky.social

dialogue.earth/en/climate/o...

One year on: Impacts of a landmark legal opinion on climate change

An international court’s opinion that greenhouses gases are an ocean pollutant is already being used in the fight against climate change

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Isabella Kaminski @isabellakaminski.bsky.social · Jun 2

In 2018, 25 young people with the support of NGO Dejusticia took the Colombian government to court arguing that their right to a healthy environment was under threat from deforestation. They won, in an judgment that went further than they could have hoped. But did the court ruling change anything?

'The kids that demanded accountability': Colombian future generations lawsuit seven years on

The end of 2016 was a big moment in Colombian history. A landmark peace deal between the government and Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) had finally been signed, ending South America’s lo...

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Isabella Kaminski @isabellakaminski.bsky.social · May 28

BREAKING: Saul Luciano Lliuya has LOST his claim for climate compensation from RWE. But the court ruled that the principle that major emitters can be sued for climate damages is sound, if someone can make a stronger claim

🌍⚖️ Sébastien Duyck @duycks.bsky.social · May 28

🔥 ⚖️ #ClimateLitigation history happening right now at Higher Court of Hamm🇩🇪: follow with us this precedent-setting ruling in #SaulvsRWE.
🗣️ Today's decision cld be a turning point in efforts to make polluters pay for climate harms.
🧵 thread with context, insights from the Court & legal arguments👇

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Isabella Kaminski @isabellakaminski.bsky.social · May 28

It's a very big day in #climatelitigation today. I'm on holiday but follow @duycks.bsky.social for updates!

🌍⚖️ Sébastien Duyck @duycks.bsky.social · May 28

🔥 ⚖️ #ClimateLitigation history happening right now at Higher Court of Hamm🇩🇪: follow with us this precedent-setting ruling in #SaulvsRWE.
🗣️ Today's decision cld be a turning point in efforts to make polluters pay for climate harms.
🧵 thread with context, insights from the Court & legal arguments👇

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Isabella Kaminski @isabellakaminski.bsky.social · May 18

Well this is a far more eloquent and concise explanation of the answer I give when people ask 'Am I optimistic about the future'. I guess I'm off to read Gramsci?

Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · May 18

“Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will” is my favourite…

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Grist @grist.org · May 15

After disasters, AmeriCorps was everywhere. What happens when it’s gone?

Elon Musk's DOGE has gutted the 30-year-old national service agency.

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#Musk #DOGE #Weather #Disaster #Climate #AmeriCorps

After disasters, AmeriCorps was everywhere. What happens when it's gone?

We'll find out when the next disaster hits.

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