Kids advocating for environmental protections should be acknowledged, UN says. A United Nations committee strengthened a treaty on Monday on children's rights in their fight against climate change, ...

SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – Do New Mexicans need the legal right to a clean environment? That’s one of the big questions legislators are considering at the Roundhouse. Senate Joint Resolution 6 would ...

The ballot question for the November general election would ask, “Do you approve amending the Constitution to grant every person the right to a clean and healthy environment?” Beachgoers relax on the ...

GENEVA — The U.N. Human Rights Council on Friday recognized access to a clean and healthy environment as a fundamental right, formally adding its weight to the global fight against climate change and ...

Wisconsin Democrats reintroduced a Green Amendment to the state constitution, aiming to guarantee the right to a clean and safe environment. Past referendums on clean water have shown widespread, ...

Less than a week after an abnormally intense wildfire killed 115 people and scorched the historic Hawaiian city of Lahaina while smoke from other fires still blanketed much of Canada, a judge in ...

A seagull and surfer enjoy the last moments of daylight in this January 2022 photo from Calumet Park in La Jolla, California. (Chris Marshall/Courthouse News) SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — California ...

On July 28, member states of the U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to adopt a historic resolution that recognizes that a clean, healthy and sustainable environment is a human right. While the ...