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"So what does this mean? Well, it means that shelled beings will be affected, such as crab, lobster, sea urchin, and pteropods (swimming snails), among many others, by 1) making it more difficult to create the shells they need to survive an... d 2) by actually dissolving the existing shells of some species, such as the pteropods. And, if these guys and gals are affected, those that are higher in the food chain will be affected, also, both in the ocean and out."

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Yeah, we get it Mitt. You want to raise taxes on the rest of us so you can lower your own taxes to less than 1%.

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Sea Turtles Crap Plastic! We Have a Problem!

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An example of how philosophy can change the world. In 1972, Christopher Stone asked (the title of his book) "Should Trees Have Standing"? --should we extend legal rights to natural systems? It took forty years to move the idea from the fringe of legal/environmental philosophy to enactment, but here you go: New Zealand Grants a River the Rights of Personhood // …

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New Zealand Grants a River the Rights of Personhood 12th September 2012 By Stephen Messenger - Treehugger From the dawn of history, and in cultures

Meet Whanganui River:

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An example of how philosophy can change the world. In 1972, Christopher Stone asked (the title of his book) "Should Trees Have Standing"? --should we extend legal rights to natural systems? It took forty years to move the idea from the fringe of legal/environmental philosophy to enactment, but here you go: New Zealand Grants a River the Rights of Personhood // …


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New Zealand Grants a River the Rights of Personhood 12th September 2012 By Stephen Messenger - Treehugger From the dawn of history, and in cultures




Meet Whanganui River:

Thirty years ago, John Rodman expressed skepticism that expanding our (human) legal system to include nature would be the path toward the solution of our ecological crisis (in an essay "The Liberation of Nature"? ), but even if it won't get us all the way to where we want to go, it seems like a big step in the right direction. And now I'm imagining a river-as-person bringing a damage suit against a corporation-as-person...

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If You Ever Wanted To See An Environmentalist Smack Down A Republican Climate Change Denier then Here's the Bill Maher Clip for You.