Posted by
Defend America on Thursday, July 30, 2009 4:23:50 PM
In the 70s, Obama's Science Adviser Endorsed Giving Trees Legal Standing to Sue in Court
Thursday, July 30, 2009
By
Christopher Neefus
(CNSNews.com)
– Since the 1970s, some radical environmentalists have argued that
trees have legal rights and should be allowed to go to court to protect
those rights.
The idea has been endorsed by John P. Holdren, the man who now advises President Barack Obama on science and technology issues.
Giving “natural objects” -- like trees -- standing to sue in a court of
law would have a “most salubrious” effect on the environment,
Holdren wrote the 1970s.
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