Natural Rights...No, It's Not What You're Thinking

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People who would oppose granting “rights” to “nature” still don’t take the threat seriously. But the movement is making real headway. Little noticed in the media, granting rights to nature is now actively being negotiated at the United Nations.
Thankfully, the Brits have said no — for now.
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But soon — barring some dramatic development — Labour will be in charge. I wonder whether a leftist Labour PM or environmental minister will be similarly resistant.
The U.S. delegation also is opposed. But again, for how long? The concept would fit snugly into a “Green New Deal” package.
Take a very careful look at the fury the UK’s refusal sparked from an Irish nature-rights campaigner. Read his words. These radicals mean what they say — literally:
Peter Doran, a lecturer in environmental law at Queen’s University Belfast and a leading campaigner for the rights of nature to be included in Ireland’s constitution, said the “fundamentalist” British response in Nairobi was “threadbare in both logic and substance”. He said it reflected the position of European colonial powers who had “foisted the twin pillars of genocide and ecocide on Indigenous peoples around the world, using the force of arms to transform the earth into dead matter, valued only as feedstock for industry and commerce.”
So, rejecting rights for nature is now “colonialist.” Don’t be surprised if it morphs into white supremacism.
 

People who would oppose granting “rights” to “nature” still don’t take the threat seriously. But the movement is making real headway. Little noticed in the media, granting rights to nature is now actively being negotiated at the United Nations.
Thankfully, the Brits have said no — for now.
...
But soon — barring some dramatic development — Labour will be in charge. I wonder whether a leftist Labour PM or environmental minister will be similarly resistant.
The U.S. delegation also is opposed. But again, for how long? The concept would fit snugly into a “Green New Deal” package.
Take a very careful look at the fury the UK’s refusal sparked from an Irish nature-rights campaigner. Read his words. These radicals mean what they say — literally:
Peter Doran, a lecturer in environmental law at Queen’s University Belfast and a leading campaigner for the rights of nature to be included in Ireland’s constitution, said the “fundamentalist” British response in Nairobi was “threadbare in both logic and substance”. He said it reflected the position of European colonial powers who had “foisted the twin pillars of genocide and ecocide on Indigenous peoples around the world, using the force of arms to transform the earth into dead matter, valued only as feedstock for industry and commerce.”
So, rejecting rights for nature is now “colonialist.” Don’t be surprised if it morphs into white supremacism.
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