Climate Changes a Trigger in the US

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In 20 19, voters in toledo, ohio passed the lake erie bill of rights lebore. It was designed to protect that great lake from pollution. But pro property rights people, and ally, the fossil fuel industry, lost their damn mines. A lawsuit has been filed against the lake erIE bill of rights. And while this is one very brave farmer taking action, how this ultimately is decided will have implications for farmers across the nation.

In several countries around the world, including Ecuador, New Zealand, and the U.S., some people are trying to protect the planet using a legal concept called “rights of nature” – infusing the law with Indigenous understandings of Mother Earth. Part 9 of The Repair, our series on the climate emergency.

Reported by Amy Westervelt and Polyglot Barbershop. Script editor, Cheryl Devall. Production and mix by John Biewen. Music in this episode by Lili Haydn, Kim Carroll, Chris Westlake, Lesley Barber, Cora Miron, and Fabian Almazan. Music consulting by Joe Augustine of Narrative Music.