Personhood for Swannanoa River
Author: Kevin Jones Issue: 2023-09-06
Personhood for Swannanoa River
by Kevin Jones
A capstone class from our local college environmental sciences department wants to listen in and potentially be part of the effort to gain legal status for our river, the Swannanoa, as a way to counter corporate power.
If a person hits you, they have committed a crime and can be prosecuted. Currently a river can be hit with a regulator approved level of pollution and you can’t do anything.
If the river had legal status, like a corporation, it could take action against polluters, just like a person can, and stop the assault.
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