The Town of Sugar Hill US Right to a Sustainable Energy Future, Right to Scenic Preservation, and Community Self-Government Ordinance

Summary

In 2012, Sugar Hill, New Hampshire adopted a rights-based ordinance banning corporations from acquiring land necessary for the construction of an unsustainable energy system. The ordinance gives residents the right to local self-government, a healthy environment, a sustainable energy future, and water. The ordinance also recognized rights of nature to exist and flourish and nature’s right to water.