• Ecocide arises out of human intervention. Heavy extraction, toxic dumping, release of pollutants can all result in ecocide. • Ecocide is a crime of consequence, e.g., where an energy company ...

Smokes rises from forest fires in Altamira, Para state, Brazil, in the Amazon basin, on August 27, 2019. (Joao Laet / AFP) The words ‘climate emergency’, ‘climate change’ and ‘ecocide’ have been the ...

From the Pope to Greta Thunberg, there are growing calls for the crime of “ecocide” to be recognised in international criminal law – but could such a law ever work? In December 2019, at the ...

In November, the world’s first global citizens’ assembly – made up of 100 people chosen by lottery from around the world – declared its recommended responses to the climate crisis at the UN climate ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Causing environmental damage is considered a crime in a growing number of countries, and Mexico is one of the latest nations ...

If you followed the news about the bushfires that devastated Australia, you may have come across the term “ecocide.” Or maybe you saw it last year while you read the news about the Amazon rainforest ...

EPA Rollbacks Could Raise AC, Refrigeration Costs Despite Promise of Lower Prices The Okefenokee’s Bid for International Recognition Sewage and Fuel Leaks Contaminate the Potomac River, Source of ...

This article was published in partnership with Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, independent news outlet that covers climate, energy and the environment. It is part of "The Fifth Crime," a series on ...

AT THE NUREMBERG trials, which began on November 20th 1945, allied forces prosecuted leading Nazis for atrocities committed during the Holocaust and the second world war. Among the charges against ...