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Judgments
UN declares access to a clean environment a human right
https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/10/1102582
BC Anti-Logging Protesters Win As Judge Denies Firm’s Injunction Bid
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/sep/29/canada-logging-protests-vancouver-island-judge
People
UN Rules That Steven Donziger House Arrest Violates International Laws
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/574786-un-rules-that-steven-donziger-house-arrest-violates-international
Landscape Ecologist, Lisa Schulte Moore, wins Macarthur Genius Award
https://www.macfound.org/fellows/class-of-2021/lisa-schulte-moore
"Three Scientists Win Nobel for Work on Climate Breakthroughs"
https://www.sej.org/headlines/three-scientists-win-nobel-work-climate-breakthroughs
Reversals
Biden To Expand Bears Ears, Other National Monuments,
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/10/07/bears-ears-biden-monument/
USFWS formally reinstates the Migratory Bird Treaty Act
https://www.natlawreview.com/article/changes-to-migratory-bird-treaty-act-enforcement-regime-take-flight