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    Florida Democrats Adopt 'Nature Rights' Platform


    Florida Democrats Adopt 'Nature Rights' Platform
    By Wesley J. Smith
    October 18, 2019 10:05 AM
    Florida Democrats Adopt 'Nature Rights' Platform | National Review

    The Florida Democratic party has come out against enterprise and human thriving
    by endorsing "nature rights" into its official platform. From the FlaPol blog story:

    Almost overlooked at the Florida Democratic Party's bi-annual convention in Orlando last weekend was adoption of a platform resolution that includes potentially revolutionary language for efforts to protect Florida's environment.

    One of the "be it resolved" clauses in a "Demand Clean Water" resolution approved by the party's general meeting includes a handful of key words: "recognizing and protecting the inherent rights of nature, as we have done for corporations."

    The seemingly odd wording is a nod to an emerging national legal strategy in the environmental protection community, one that already is appearing in other statements in Orange County and elsewhere. The effort is to legally declare that rivers, lakes, forests, estuaries, reefs, or other natural features may have inherent rights against degradation, which can be defended in court, much as corporations have been found to possess inherent rights.


    The "almost overlooked" part of the story is the problem that could allow this radical approach to personalizing nature — a neo-earth religion, if you will — to be insinuated into our national politics.

    People hear that mosquitoes, pond scum, frogs, and viruses — all parts of nature — will have "rights" and roll their eyes thinking, "Oh please. Leftists are not that nuts!"

    Yes they are! The anti-humanists aren't fringe in environmentalism any longer, and indeed, are co-opting legitimate environmentalist advocacy.

    Make no mistake: "Nature rights" isn't about stopping pollution. Rather, it allows anyone to sue to protect nature's supposed right to " exist, persist, maintain and regenerate its vital cycles, structure, functions and its processes in evolution." That's akin to a right to life. (Apparently, human fetuses aren't considered part of nature.) That means any use of the natural world that disturbs what would otherwise exist in the wild is subject to legal attack.

    Imagine the lawfare extortion possibilities. At the very least, major, job-producing enterprises could be brought to a screeching halt. Try getting a liability insurance policy if the carrier knows anyone can sue to protect "nature's rights."

    I predict nature rights will make it into the Democratic platform next year, or at the very least, will receive a sympathetic hearing. State legislatures and Congress need to thwart this drive by passing laws stating that no non-human animal or aspect of nature has any standing in court or any enforceable rights. (The Ohio Legislature did that after Lake Erie was granted rights. Good thing the governor is Republican. A Democrat might have vetoed!)








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    DeSantis Does End Run Around 'Nature Rights'
    By Wesley J. Smith
    July 1, 2020 5:30 PM
    Governor Ron DeSantis Signs Clean Waterways Act, Avoids Nature Rights | National Review


    The Florida Democrat Party has a "nature rights" plank in its platform and the movement was actively trying to bring the rights of nature to the Sunshine State. Given the trends, there was a clear and present danger of enactment.

    Thankfully, Governor Ron DeSantis has now signed a law that improves water policy while outlawing local laws that would grant rights to nature. From the NPR story:


    The new law, known as the Clean Waterways Act, takes effect July 1 and aims to remedy some of the state's most egregious water pollution....


    ..."All these changes are a really strong step forward for Florida's environment," DeSantis said Tuesday at a press conference in Juno Beach.

    The bill also prohibits local governments from granting the environment legal rights, including to plants, wildlife and bodies of water. The move preempts the so-called Rights of Nature movement that in the U.S. and elsewhere has sought or used the maneuver to improve environmental protections for rivers, mountains, forests, glaciers and more....



    That's the way to do it!

    This successful thwarting of radical environmentalism follows in the wake of a law passed in Ohio banning nature rights after Toledo voters ludicrously granted "rights" to Lake Erie in a very low-turnout special election.

    The federal government and other states should not wait until time grows short, but should similarly prohibit granting human-style rights to animals, geological features, or any non-human aspect of nature. We can protect the environment properly without pretending that rivers and mosquitoes are rights-bearing entities.










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    This successful thwarting of radical environmentalism follows in the wake of a law passed in Ohio banning nature rights after Toledo voters ludicrously granted "rights" to Lake Erie in a very low-turnout special election.

    The federal government and other states should not wait until time grows short, but should similarly prohibit granting human-style rights to animals, geological features, or any non-human aspect of nature. We can protect the environment properly without pretending that rivers and mosquitoes are rights-bearing entities.



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