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The court cited the example of the New Zealand Whanganui River, which was also declared to possess full rights of a legal person. [ 18 ] This development of environmental personhood has been met with scepticism as merely announcing that the Ganges and Yamuna are living entities will not save them from significant, ongoing pollution.
Waikato-Tainui Raupatu Claims (Waikato River) Settlement Act 2010 [57] Ngāti Apa: Ngāti Apa (North Island) Claims Settlement Act 2010 [58] Whanganui Iwi (Whanganui (Kaitoke) Prison and Northern Part of Whanganui Forest) On-account Settlement Act 2011 [59] Ngāti Manawa: 2003 [60] 2009 [60] Ngāti Manawa Claims Settlement Act 2012 [61]
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Three companies will pay $110 million to the state of Ohio to settle a lawsuit charging them with dumping "forever" chemicals in the Ohio River.
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The Whanganui River is a major river in the North Island of New Zealand. It is the country's third-longest river, and has special status owing to its importance to the region's Māori people . In March 2017 it became the world's second natural resource (after Te Urewera ) to be given its own legal identity, with the rights, duties and ...
Three companies will pay $110 million to the state of Ohio to settle a lawsuit charging them with dumping "forever" chemicals in the Ohio River.
Attorney General Alan Wilson has two of his own cases, while private legal teams interested in filing class action lawsuits are actively soliciting information from people who may have been ...