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'Historic Victory': Ecuadorian Judge Rules Pollution Violates River's Rights
Environmentalists around the world this week cheered what they called a "historic" ruling by an Ecuadorian court that human-caused pollution violates the rights of a river running through the capital city of Quito. Responding to an application …