Can a River Have Rights?

On this episode of Demand Utopia: A Solarpunk Podcast from Solarpunk Magazine, host Justine Norton-Kertson discusses local, national, and international efforts to grant legal rights to nature.

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SOURCES AND LINKS

Lane County Watersheds Bill of Rights

Full ballot measure language: https://www.protectlanecountywatersheds.org/read_ordinance

The ballot measure explained: https://oregonvotes.gov/voters-guide-military/Measure20-373Explanatory.html

Arguments in favor: https://oregonvotes.gov/voters-guide-military/Measure20-373ArgInFavor.html

Arguments opposed: https://oregonvotes.gov/voters-guide-military/Measure20-373ArgOppose.html

General Rights of Nature Sources

"Should Trees Have Standing" by Christopher D. Stone: https://southerncalifornialawreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Christopher-D.-Stone-Should-Trees-Have-Standing_%E2%80%94Toward-Legal-Rights-for-Natural-Objects-45-S.-CAL.-L.-REV.-450-1972..pdf

Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature: https://www.garn.org/rights-of-nature

Case Studies

Tamaqua, Pennsylvania: https://celdf.org/2015/08/tamaqua-borough

Toledo, Ohio: https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2020/03/06/lake-erie-bill-rights-federal-court-unconstitutional

Orange County, Florida: https://aldf.org/article/legal-rights-recognized-for-rivers-in-florida-and-quebec

Grant Township, Pennsylvania: https://insideclimatenews.org/news/13062023/pennsylvania-fracking-wastewater-injection-wells

https://celdf.org/2023/05/unrepentant-and-vindicated-proposed-frack-waste-injection-well-in-grant-township-to-be-plugged-and-abandoned

New Zealand: https://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/2017/7/en/latest/#DLM6831462

Columbia: https://apnews.com/article/atrato-guardians-illegal-mining-contamination-threats-choco-977ad1e171715b8f7fb20a8ac6b9e149

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