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- July 2025 Newsletter, July 9, 2025
- Sabin Center Releases Its 2024-2025 Annual Report, by Tiffany Challe-Campiz, July 9, 2025
- A Blueprint for Rights-Based Climate Action: The Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ Advisory Opinion on the Climate Emergency, by Maria Antonia Tigre, Maxim Bonneman, and Korey Silverman-Roati, July 9, 2025
- National Initiative Will Equip State Lawmakers to Pass Stronger Climate Legislation and Combat Federal Efforts to Undermine State Climate Action, July 3, 2025
- Columbia University plans to steal a page from the conservative playbook, July 2, 2025, The Washington Post
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- A Differentiated Path Forward: The Inter-American Court’s Advisory Opinion on Climate Change and Human Mobility Rights, by Lena Riemer and Luca Scheid, July 10, 2025
- Seven County Infrastructure Coalition: The Supreme Court’s “Substantial Deference” Standard and Implications for Judicial Review under NEPA, by Jessica Wentz, July 2, 2025
- New Sabin Center Report Finds that Local Laws and Lawsuits Targeting Renewables Becoming More Prevalent in the US, July 1, 2025
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