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A joint statement from five Canadian environmental and health organizations—including Ecojustice and the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment—urging the Canadian government to expedite the listing and regulation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The organizations argue that current regulatory criteria underestimate PFAS bioaccumulation and call for the inclusion of fluoropolymers, as well as an accelerated timeline for phasing out PFAS in firefighting foams and consumer products.

The author contends that the Trump administration and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin are bypassing clean air laws by granting pollution waivers to coal-fired power plants and chemical manufacturers. The document asserts that the administration is distorting Section 112(i)(4) of the Clean Air Act—originally intended for extraordinary national security circumstances—to provide corporate giveaways without scientific review or public input. It highlights that 68 coal-fired power plants have already received two-year exemptions from Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, and that industry groups like the American Chemistry Council are seeking similar exemptions for over 200 chemical facilities.

The author contends that the French government has pivoted away from the climate and social ambitions expressed by President Emmanuel Macron a year prior. The primary point of contention is the 'Omnibus' legislative proposal, which the author claims undermines the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) and the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD). The text asserts that this proposal would exclude 80% of companies from environmental information obligations and facilitate greenwashing by removing non-financial transparency indicators. Furthermore, the author criticizes the lack of public consultation and transparency regarding France's official position on these EU texts, describing the process as a democratic retreat that favors economic and financial lobbies over civil society.

Earthjustice condemns the Department of the Interior's (DOI) new emergency permitting regulations, which aim to reduce approval timelines for fossil fuel and mining projects from 1-2 years to a few weeks based on President Donald Trump's National Energy Emergency declaration. Earthjustice President Abigail Dillen describes the move as "blatantly illegal" and intends to challenge it in court.

A coalition of 123 organizations argues that dismantling the EPA's Office of Research and Development (ORD) and the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) would undermine the scientific basis for protecting public health from toxic chemicals. The letter specifically opposes H.R. 1415 and S. 623, asserting that IRIS provides essential, peer-reviewed toxicity evaluations used for Superfund cleanups, air toxics standards, and drinking water safeguards. The authors warn that removing these scientific resources would increase risks of cancer and birth defects, particularly in industrial areas like Geismar, Louisiana, and Houston, Texas.

The Manila Tool Kit offers a two-step Policy Coherence Framework designed to enhance horizontal coherence between investment governance and other policy sectors. The first step involves mapping commitments from key international instruments (such as the Paris Agreement) across policy areas like climate, health, and human rights. The second step benchmarks specific provisions in investment treaties, laws, and contracts against these commitments to identify whether they align, are neutral, or contradict international goals. The tool is intended for national and regional policy-makers and is most effective when integrated into an institutional coordination mechanism.

The Manila Investment Policy Forum Toolkit offers a two-step framework for governments to align investment treaties, laws, and contracts with international commitments. The first step involves mapping international agreements across policy areas such as climate and human rights, while the second step evaluates how specific investment legal provisions support, are neutral toward, or contradict those commitments. The guide emphasizes adaptability and suggests integrating the tool within institutional coordination mechanisms to mitigate regulatory inconsistencies and litigation risks.

The document examines the evolution of stabilization clauses in the mining sector, arguing that traditional 'freezing' and 'economic equilibrium' clauses often constrain a state's right to regulate. It promotes the 2020 OECD Guiding Principles, which delegitimize non-fiscal stabilization and advocate for a targeted, commercially justified approach to fiscal stabilization. The guide introduces the concept of 'revenue certainty' for governments and provides specific model clauses for laws and contracts to ensure that investors' needs for predictability are balanced against the state's public interest objectives and the need to prevent tax base erosion.

The document examines the evolution of stabilization clauses in the extractive sector, arguing for a shift away from 'freeze' and 'economic equilibrium' clauses toward a model based on the 2021 OECD Guiding Principles. It distinguishes between non-fiscal stabilization, which it argues should be abandoned to protect the state's right to regulate for the public interest, and fiscal stabilization, which should be limited to specific, time-bound commercial needs. The guide provides detailed model language for laws and contracts to ensure revenue certainty for governments and predictability for investors, while explicitly excluding the use of stabilization to protect against anti-tax avoidance measures or climate-related regulations.

The Manila Investment Policy Forum Tool Kit offers a two-step framework for governments to ensure horizontal coherence between investment regulations and broader public policy goals. The first step involves mapping international commitments (such as the Paris Agreement) across policy domains like climate, health, and human rights. The second step is a comparative analysis to determine if specific investment treaties, laws, or contracts align with, are neutral toward, or contradict these commitments. The tool is designed to be flexible and is most effective when integrated into institutional coordination mechanisms, such as inter-ministerial committees, to facilitate informed reforms of investment legal frameworks.

The report outlines how the federal government of Canada can regulate oil and gas development through specific constitutional powers, noting that while provinces have significant authority, federal jurisdiction extends to federal lands, offshore areas, Indigenous reserves, and international trade, as well as indirect areas like fisheries and climate change.

The document identifies significant obstacles to Colombia's thermal coal transition, including high fiscal dependence on coal exports, limited subnational institutional capacity, and insufficient environmental regulations for mine closures. It highlights the vulnerability of the Cesar and La Guajira regions, where coal represents a major share of departmental income and employment. The brief argues that a just transition requires strengthening local governance, establishing a permanent transition fund, and ensuring inclusive planning that protects marginalized groups and the civic space.

The document outlines four core principles for the EPA to implement cumulative impact assessments: decreasing disproportionate burdens through distributive and restorative justice, expanding beyond traditional risk assessments to include social determinants of health, accounting for historical burdens, and adopting a precautionary approach that shifts the burden of proof to regulated actors.

The document outlines a framework for cumulative impact assessments (CIAs) that integrates equity, justice, and public health practices. It argues that the EPA and other government entities should use transparent principles to ensure assessments inform regulatory decisions, such as permit denials or pollution cleanup, while incorporating diverse stressors and community-led trust building.

The document advocates for the integration of lived experience, experiential knowledge, and community knowledge into environmental regulatory systems to better understand cumulative impacts in overburdened communities. It defines these terms to ensure consistent regulatory use and argues that such knowledge is an essential complement to professional scientific data, which often has blind spots. The text recommends that the EPA institutionalize training for employees in active listening and implicit bias, and adopt mixed-methods approaches to integrate qualitative community data with quantitative analysis.

The document advocates for the EPA to adopt management-zone strategies and community-driven approaches to address cumulative environmental burdens. It emphasizes integrating regulatory tools with pollution reduction, ensuring accountability through Community Benefits Agreements, and preventing resident displacement. The summary highlights the need for interagency coordination and meaningful community leadership in the design and execution of environmental health protections.

The document critiques biodiversity offsets and credits, asserting that these mechanisms facilitate continued environmental destruction through 'greenwashing' and risk violating human rights. It argues that nature's complexity cannot be reduced to tradable units and suggests redirecting existing harmful subsidies toward indigenous-led conservation and direct grants instead of market-based instruments.

The document analyzes several executive actions from January 2025, highlighting a shift toward increased fossil fuel production, the suspension of offshore wind leasing, and the removal of environmental regulations. It emphasizes the disproportionate negative impacts these policies may have on Latino/a/e communities, specifically regarding public health, water equity, and clean energy employment.

The document details a series of executive orders and memorandums aimed at increasing fossil fuel production, reducing environmental regulations, and restricting water conservation and diversity initiatives. It highlights the disproportionate risks these actions pose to Latino populations, including increased exposure to pollution, loss of green jobs, and exclusion from disaster relief.

The document examines the expansion of fracking in the Vaca Muerta formation, highlighting a critical gap between national economic goals and local environmental protection. It introduces the OBSERVAR geospatial platform to map risks, such as the proximity of 3,017 wells to sensitive water and population centers. The brief finds that while Neuquén has a more structured regulatory framework than Río Negro, both provinces suffer from inadequate enforcement and a lack of transparent data, with approximately 80% of fracking wastewater remaining unaccounted for. It argues for a watershed-based approach to regulation to address cross-border contamination risks.