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Closed petition Legal Rights for the Earth
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The UK should follow Bolivia in its decision to give the Earth comprehensive legal rights in an effort to halt climate change and the unfair exploitation of the natural world.
The Earth would have rights of clean air, pure water, freedom from contamination, correction of any pollution and sustainable industrial methods.
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