Tag: forests

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
July 8, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Botany
Life Sciences
Tagged
, animals, forests, humans, mountains, nature rights, rivers, Wyoming}

More “Nature Rights” Virtue Signaling, Now in Jackson, Wyoming

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 8, 2024

Bioethics, Botany, Life Sciences

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So, wise city councilors: Do the plants in the ponds have a right not to be eaten by the moose? Do grubs have a right not to be consumed by black bears? Read More ›

Mount Rushmore

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
November 9, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Amazonia, beavers, fairy circles, forests, Gutzon Borglum, Harvard University, Jackson Pollock, LIDAR, Mount Rushmore, New Scientist, New York University, North Africa, PNAS, Rube Goldberg, Science (journal), The Design Inference, Tom Metcalfe, University of Portsmouth, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Ahead of New Book Edition, Geoglyphs and Natural Features Test Dembski’s Design Inference

_{David Coppedge
November 9, 2023

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Designed features can hide in plain sight. A closer look can sometimes reveal the intentional acts of a mind. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 14, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Botany
Human Exceptionalism
Life Sciences
Tagged
, animal rights, animals, bacteria, Congress, courts, deer, ecosystems, Ecuador, elephant, fish, forests, geological features, habeas corpus, insects, laws, New York State, rivers, Switzerland, viruses, water}

Ecuador’s Highest Court Grants Rights to Wild Animals

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 14, 2022

Bioethics, Botany, Human Exceptionalism, Life Sciences

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Nature rights apply to individual animals. And, one would assume, to be consistent, to individual plants, insects, water, and (what the hell) germs too. Read More ›

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Author
Tom Gilson

Date
October 29, 2020

Categories
Life Sciences
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, angiosperms, beauty, California, Christianity, Discovery Institute, Europe, evolutionists, false dichotomy, flowering plants, forests, Homo sapiens, homogeneity, humans, intelligent design, logical fallacies, mountains, Nathan Lents, North America, Orange County, physiology, sarcasm, Sudoku, theism, Tom Gilson, Twitter}

On Fall Foliage, Nathan Lents Comes Up Short

_{Tom Gilson
October 29, 2020

Life Sciences, Scientific Reasoning

10}

There is nothing in the word “gift” that entails its having been given identically to all persons at all times. That’s not hard, actually. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 9, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __edited, California, Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, Erin O’Donnell, forests, Lake Erie, nature rights, npr, Ohio, Toledo, University of Melbourne, watershed}

NPR Discovers the “Nature Rights” Movement

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 9, 2019

Bioethics

4}

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. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 12, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __k-review, anti-humanism, Bolivia, Ecuador, forests, guns, human rights, Lake Erie, lakes, municipalities, nature rights, New Zealand, Politics, right to life, rivers, Science (journal), Texas, United States, wildlife}

Nature Rights: “It Can’t Happen Here”?

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 12, 2019

Bioethics

3}

Now former Texas Agriculture Commissioner Jim Hightower, a very influential voice on the left, has endorsed the extreme ideological agenda. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 28, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, __k-review, Africa, Atlantic Ocean, BBC News, biogeography, evolution, evolutionists, forests, Günter Bechly, Neo-Darwinism, North America, paleontology, predictions, rafting, savannah}

Fossil Turaco Is Yet Another Failed Biogeographical Prediction for Neo-Darwinism

_{Casey Luskin
June 28, 2018

Evolution, Paleontology

3}

Evolutionists love to boast about the predictive power of their theory. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 29, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __k-review, abortion, anti-humanism, babies, California, Constitution, forests, fungi, Mother Jones, nature rights, right to life, rivers, unborn, viruses, wolves}

A Right to Life for Fungi — But Not for Unborn Humans

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 29, 2018

Bioethics

2}

Do not expect logic or consistency from nature-rights activists. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 28, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Science Reporting
Tagged
, __edited, Colorado River, environmentalism, farmers, forests, lawsuit, lawyer, mining, New York Times, personhood, rivers, Supreme Court, swamps, trees}

Claiming “Person” Status, the Colorado River Sues

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 28, 2017

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Science Reporting

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The river's lawyer and an environmental group win friendly coverage from the New York Times. Read More ›