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Mount_Taranaki_or_Mount_Egmont,_New_Zealand
Photo credit: Ulrich Lange, Bochum, Germany, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

This Mountain Is Now a “Person” with “Rights” and Even “Responsibilities”

And what responsibilities can the mountain possibly assume? Can it be sued for an avalanche? Ridiculous! Read More ›
Rio Carrao, Venezuela
Photo: “...a magnificent world of mountains and rivers, jungles and waterfalls...” (Rio Carrao, Venezuela), by Granville Sewell.

Should We Give Nature “Rights”? A Premier Science Journal Says Yes

The text is too long to present here, so I will give one example: the “right to evolve.” The authors note that “evolution” has many meanings. Read More ›
elephant
Photo credit: Coralie Mercier, via Flickr (cropped).

Court Rules Elephant Does Not Have Rights

I have written here several times about the attempt by the Nonhuman Rights Project (NHRP) to “break the species barrier.” Read More ›
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nature rights
Photo: Whanganui River, aka Te Awa Tupua, New Zealand, by Duane Wilkins [CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Teen Vogue, National Geographic Push Nature Rights Further into Mainstream

The story gushes that nature rights will restore ancient indigenous wisdom, meaning it will undermine Western civilization. Read More ›

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