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NPR Discovers the “Nature Rights” Movement
If “nature rights” laws become widespread, there will be plenty of money to pay lawyers to sue developers and resource-using enterprises into the dirt.
Ohio Bans “Nature Rights”
Be it noted that “nature rights” is not aimed primarily at preventing pollution.
The Earth: It’s Alive! It’s Alive!
Even James Lovelock, who created Gaia Theory, now worries that environmentalism has become a religion.
“Ecocide” Would Criminalize Resource Development
Note that “peaceful enjoyment by the inhabitants” is a very broad term that is not limited to human beings. Rather, it includes everything from grass, fish, and insects, to mice, snakes, and people.
Lake Erie Now Has Rights
If nature has rights, that means everything does, which devalues “rights” just as a wild inflation deflates the worth of currency.