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The Rise of “Green” Authoritarianism

This is the most draconian and potentially tyrannical “nature rights” proposal I have yet seen. Read More ›
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Should We Put Mother Nature on the Board of Directors?

Nature can’t “own” anything. That’s a human construct. Moreover, nature would be represented by environmental “flesh flake” radicals. Read More ›
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“Nature Rights” Hits the Big Time

The National Geographic Society — one of the world’s largest and most influential science organizations — is going to pour money into the movement. Read More ›
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Pond Scum Is Our Equal: That’s Nature Rights for You

Now, a “tribunal” will be held in New York to promote the rights of nature and undermine public support for fossil fuels. Read More ›
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To Throttle Human Thriving Is the Point of “Nature Rights”

Granting “rights” to nature — including geological features — profoundly undermines the concept of “rights” itself. Read More ›
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Why Scientific Materialism Is No Match for Truth, Beauty, and Goodness

These abstract concepts don’t derive from the material world, yet we feel impoverished without them; they’re foundations of a life worth living. Read More ›
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As Trust in Science Sinks, Prestigious Journal Decides to Showcase Yet Another Politicized Scientist

The world’s most prestigious science journal just published an ex-astronomer's remarkable screed. Read More ›
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World’s Oldest Medical Journal Endorses “Nature Rights”

In other words, we, flora, fauna, and, indeed, geological features such as rivers and granite outcroppings are equal. Read More ›
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Woke Science: Prestigious Biology Journal Claims “Ocean” Is a “Living Entity” with Rights

The “Ocean rights” approach would make the creatures of the sea co-equal with humans. Read More ›
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Local “Water Rights” Law Invalidated in Florida

“Nature rights” and “animal rights” activists will keep trying. And there is no denying they are making incremental inroads. Read More ›

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