The growing push to grant legal rights to nature
From Ecuador to New Zealand and India, a growing number of countries are recognizing the legal rights of nature, though not without legal and political challenges.
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How environmental laws are shifting the focus from humans to nature
Environmental laws are evolving from prioritizing human benefits to recognizing nature’s intrinsic rights; this is reflected in the small but growing number of countries that grant legal personhood to natural entities.
Tinpot Legislators: Their One-Party Rule Will Be Ruinous for the Earth
At the very moment when the world’s most knowledgeable scientists are warning that an all-too-literal hell lies in store for us, tinpot legislators in MAGA states are preparing to enforce the dominance of a deeply fossil-fuelized version of capitalism.
Big Oil v the Planet is the Fight of our Lives. Democrats must Choose a Side
For those who actually care about the survival of the human race, the key questions now should be obvious: is there any reason to hope that we will retreat from “drill baby drill” and enact a sane set of climate policies? Or is our country – and, by extension, our species – just going to give up?
New Deals, Old Bottles
Let me begin by saying that we leftists do often struggle with the issue of the environment. One member of our tribe recently told me proudly on Twitter that the left was ‘against nature’ (yes, really), and it’s true that historically we’ve had a bit of a thing about trying to keep the messy world of the natural, the organic and the rural at arm’s length…
Warning to Local Governments: Adopt Climate Adaptation Strategies or Face Credit Downgrades
The growing effects of climate change, including climbing global temperatures and rising sea levels, are forecast to have an increasing economic impact on state and local governments in the United States. “This will be a growing negative credit factor for issuers without sufficient adaptation and mitigation strategies,” Moody’s noted in a statement released in conjunction with the report.
Putting Boundaries on Selling Stuff
My theory of change is that governments are essential to controlling corporate power and that government is strengthened by civic rather than consumer action.
Interdependence Day
The Fourth of July tends to spark a number of alternative ideas of independence.
What Kind of Example Is Canada Setting?
Is any nation on Earth taking seriously the need for a true-cost economy, where we live sustainably in a steady state?
