Texas Supreme Court ruled SpaceX can continue to close Boca Chica Beach for rocket launches, rejecting environmental groups' claims that it violated the state constitution. The court cited the Open Beaches Act, stating enforcement lies with government actors.
The sacred Lal Lal Falls in Victoria, Australia, have reportedly run dry due to upstream dams owned by Chinese property owner Tianyu Wool. Indigenous groups and environmental advocates claim the dams, which have allegedly expanded significantly, are hoarding water, impacting the cultural significance of the falls and the local ecosystem. Water authorities are investigating, but locals report a lack of discretionary water releases.
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner's plan for a luxury resort in Albania, across from Sazan Island, has triggered widespread protests and legal challenges. Environmentalists and citizens fear the project will destroy a protected ecological area and privatize public land, while questions arise about the complex ownership structure and financing.
A major coastal development project in Albania, involving Jared Kushner, is facing increasing opposition from environmental groups and critics of Prime Minister Edi Rama. The luxury resort planned for a nature reserve and a protected island has sparked protests and an anti-corruption investigation.
Environmental groups in Canada fear a new oil pipeline could harm endangered southern resident orcas, as the government considers exempting major projects from species protection laws.
A Florida immigration detention center in the Everglades, criticized for environmental and humanitarian concerns, is expected to close within the next month or two as a lawsuit challenging its existence returns to a federal judge who previously ordered its shutdown.
Environmental groups have sued the Trump administration over its approval of BP's $5bn Kaskida oil drilling project in the Gulf of Mexico, filed exactly 16 years after the Deepwater Horizon disaster. The project will drill 6,000ft underwater plus miles into the seabed to extract 80,000 barrels daily from a 10bn-barrel deposit, starting in 2029. The lawsuit alleges BP failed to provide required safety information and cannot contain a potential 4.5m-barrel spill.
