EU citizens may sue countries for health-damaging dirty air, top court adviser says
Brussels, BelgiumReuters Citizens in European Union countries may be able to sue their governments for financial compensation if illegal levels of air pollution damage their health, an adviser to Europe’s top court said on Thursday. The adviser’s opinion follows a string of rulings at the Luxembourg-based Court of Justice of the EU in recent years, […]
Postcards: After a deadly landslide in climate-hit Uganda, survivors sue for action
LIAM TAYLOR, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how a lawsuit over a deadly landslide in eastern Uganda could set a precedent as other communities face increasing risks from climate change…