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Wesley J. Smith: Frightening Abuses of Science

Experiments on the living unborn. Organ harvesting. Reckless biotech. Radical environmentalism. Read More ›
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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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Now, It’s Rights for Planets, Moons, and Space Microbes

The ultimate purpose in granting such rights would be to disincentivize investments in space exploration and keep us Gaia-bound. Read More ›
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Nature Right Pushes Neo-Pagan Mysticism at Highest Academic Levels

Most recently, the Harvard Kennedy School hosted a symposium on “nature rights” undergirded by “indigenous knowledge.” 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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International Tribunals Grant Nature Rights, Restrict Energy

The vaunted "international community" is going all-in on radical environmentalism. Read More ›
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Intelligence Without a Brain? The Case of Fungi

We confuse the issue if we imply that the intelligence displayed by fungi is equivalent to that displayed by the humans who research them. Read More ›
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Earth-Religion Mysticism Permeates Academia

The just cause of reasonably protecting nature has been co-opted into a radical international movement to subvert Western civilization. Read More ›
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UN Pushes Nature Rights

The United Nations’ High Commissioner for Human Rights stated in a recent speech at Oxford University that nature rights are equivalent to human rights. Read More ›
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A “Right to Flow”: River Rights for the Seine?

Even nonessential activities could be blocked by pretending that the Seine is a person. Read More ›

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