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A growing legal movement seeks to recognize the rights of nature. Activists in the Northwest are celebrating a first here: the city of Port Townsend, Washington, this week recognized the inherent rights of southern resident orcas.
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Environmental law in the U.S. regulates pollution, but often doesn’t protect the things we love. A movement to change that by securing so-called "rights…
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Environmental impact statements are often in the news. They’re lengthy public documents that government agencies have to issue before taking actions that…
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The University of Washington held its first annual symposium on environmental law last week. The idea is to choose a topic and examine how it fits into…