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The Rights of Nature — Can an Ecosystem Bear Legal Rights?

Law Columbia

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. In the United States, several cities have asked for an ecosystem to bear legal rights.

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Nuclear Plant Closures And Renewables Increase Electricity Prices & Unreliability, Testifies Michael Shellenberger to U.S. Senate

Environmental Progress

52] And from 2010 to 2019, consumers from across the U.S. In Germany, the government has had to resort to various mechanisms to prevent utilities from going bankrupt. [51] 51] Restructured electricity markets did not result in the oft-promised lower prices in California, Texas, or the U.S. as a whole. [52] Accessed March 5, 2020. [26]