Jake Johnson is a senior editor and staff writer for Common Dreams.
The United Nations Human Rights Council on Friday voted for the first time to formally recognize the right to a clean and sustainable environment, a move that climate campaigners applauded as the hard-won result of activism from grassroots groups and small-island countries.
ultimately voted yes, the nation's human rights representative complained that the resolution could create 'ambiguity' and stressed that the newly approved measure is 'not legally binding.
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