Press Releases
Press Release: Ecuador Approves New Constitution: Voters Approve Rights of Nature
September 28th, 2008
September 28th, 2008
Press Release: Ecuador Constitutional Assembly Votes to Approve Rights of Nature In New Constitution
July 8th, 2008
July 8th, 2008
Ecuador First Nation in the World to Shift to Rights-Based Environmental Protection Using Legal Defense Fund Support
Press Release: PA Borough Strips Sludge Corporations of “Rights,” First Municipality in U.S. to Recognize the Rights of Nature
September 20th, 2006
September 20th, 2006
On September 19th, the Tamaqua Borough Council in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, unanimously passed a law declaring that sludge and dredge corporations possess no constitutional “rights” within the Borough. Tamaqua thus becomes the fifth local government in the country to abolish the illegitimate “rights” and privileges claimed by corporations. The Tamaqua law also (1) bans corporations from engaging in the land application of sludge within the Borough; (2) recognizes that ecosystems in Tamaqua possess enforceable rights against corporations; (3) asserts that corporations doing business in Tamaqua will henceforth be treated as “state actors” under the law, and thus, be required to respect the rights of people and natural communities within the Borough
