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A new EU ecocide law ‘marks the end of impunity for environmental criminals’

Advocates hope that the EU’s move will have influence beyond Europe’s borders.

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An invisible chemical is poisoning thousands of unsuspecting warehouse workers

Medical supply warehouses can be a significant source of cancer-causing ethylene oxide emissions. Only one state is doing anything about it.

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Israel’s campaign in Gaza is fueling demands to make ‘ecocide’ an international crime

The Hague can only prosecute four types of crimes. Ecocide could become the fifth.

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Human Rights Watch blames Louisiana regulators for low birth weights in Cancer Alley

In the most polluted areas, a quarter of babies are born underweight. The watchdog group wants the EPA to intervene.

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