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, ...

A contentious proposal to amend California’s Constitution to enshrine environmental rights for all citizens has been delayed for at least another year after it failed to gain traction ahead of a ...

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 ...

Whether you’re concerned about the frequent unsafe air quality warnings or the increasing evidence of climate change causing our planet to grow increasingly HOT, environmental health is probably on ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHCR) acknowledged Friday that access to a “safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment” is a basic human right for the first time. Despite criticism ...

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 ...