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Pond Scum Is Our Equal: That’s Nature Rights | Evolution News
Now, a “tribunal” will be held in New York to promote the rights of nature and undermine public support for fossil fuels.

The tribunal’s website is typical of the anti-humanism that permeates the nature-rights movement. For example, the fundamental philosophy of nature rights, as elucidated at the website, is “that the interests of nonhuman beings are of equal importance to human interests.” So, pond scum (pictured above), mosquitoes, trees, squirrels, grass, and scallops are equal to us.
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Nature-rights advocacy is Luddism at its most extreme. It is neo-pagan, in that it sees the Earth as a “living being.” And, it has the real potential — and intent — to impede the well-being of the human race.