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rights of water

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The shore of the hypersaline lake. Great Salt Lake State Park. Utah
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Granting Rights to Great Salt Lake Pushed in New York Times

The nature rights movement keeps making inroads into establishment thinking — and people keep ignoring the threat. Read More ›
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Sand dunes on the beach at sunset
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Science Journal Claim: ‘Ocean’ Is a ‘Living Entity’ with Inherent Rights

I have been warning that the “nature rights” issue is moving very quickly now from the fringe to mainstream environmentalism. Now, a major essay in a prestigious, peer-reviewed scientific journal argues that oceans are a “living entity” entitled to rights. Read More ›
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Suwannee River, Gilchrist County, Florida
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Local ‘Water Rights’ Law Invalidated in Florida

I have written here previously of several attempts to enact “nature rights” kinds of laws, specifically targeting water, in the State of Florida. The threat became so real — with Orange County passing a “rights of water” ordinance — that a law was enacted at the state level prohibiting granting rights to nature. Read More ›