Damages

Tamati Kruger, Tūhoe negotiator and chairman of the board that oversees Te Urewera, discusses the Tūhoe perspective on responsibilities over rights. They explain the global push for climate action, the significance of Te Urewera's legal personhood, and the importance of people protecting the land and each other.

New Zealand's Tuhoe people won personhood for their ancestral homeland Te Urewera, highlighting the rights of nature movement. The podcast discusses a performance art piece welcoming the White Tanyi Tribunal and the arrival of judges for a ceremony symbolizing colonization. It also covers police raids and arrests during negotiations, the impact of hackers in the fight for co-governance, and the reclaiming of land and communities taking responsibility for the environment.

Melissa Troutman and Joshua Pribanic, directors of Invisible Hand and co-founders of Public Herald, discuss the landmark Los Cedros ruling and its global impact. They explore the significance of the ruling for the environmental movement, the rights of nature, the preservation of biodiversity, and the shift towards a more sustainable way of living.

Ecuador's Constitutional Court tests rights of nature with a major judgement on a biodiverse cloud forest. The podcast explores Ecuador's recognition of rights of nature and its influence globally. It also discusses the political shift in Latin America, a case before the Constitutional Court regarding mining in the cloud forest, a landmark ruling revoking mining permits to uphold rights of nature, and the tension between colonial governments and indigenous nations in rights of nature cases.

Supreme Court case West Virginia v EPA has implications for regulating greenhouse gas emissions, Clean Power Plan discussed, potential impacts on EPA's authority and power sector, exploration of major questions and non-delegation doctrines, debate on whether Congress has delegated power to EPA.

This podcast explores the origins and implementation of rights of nature in the US, including a tribal court case involving wild rice, the impact of a court decision on dark money in politics, a lawsuit against Disney over a proposed ski resort, the challenge to the concept of nature as property, and the global perspective on rights of nature.

This podcast explores the legal fight and arrests of protesters opposing the Line 3 pipeline in Minnesota. It delves into the concept of rights of nature and the last legal challenge to the pipeline. The significance of wild rice to the Ojibwe people is discussed, including its cultural and spiritual importance, as well as the ongoing struggle to protect it. The podcast also reflects on the idea of nature having rights and features an award-winning documentary on the topic.

People don't bring massive lawsuits against their governments or some of the world's largest companies unless they're out of options and ready to fight like hell. That's exactly what's behind the hundreds of court cases seeking justice for the greatest crime against humanity: the climate crisis. Join us as we dig into the stories behind those cases. S1 coming February 17, 2022! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices