The Rights of Nature — Can an Ecosystem Bear Legal Rights?
Law Columbia
APRIL 22, 2021
In 2010, the City Council of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania unanimously passed an ordinance recognizing the Rights of Nature as part of a ban on shale gas drilling and fracking. By Tiffany Challe*. Photo by Mark Koch on Unsplash. In the United States, several cities have asked for an ecosystem to bear legal rights.
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