State College Borough US Community Bill of Rights and Natural Gas Drilling Ban
State College Borough, Pennsylvania added a bill of rights to their home rule charter banning shale gas drilling and fracking in 2011.Read More →
This page identifies initiatives that frame ecological jurisprudence in terms of rights of nature. Initiatives are included in this category when they explicitly recognize any non-human element of Nature (e.g., ecosystems, plant species, animal species) or Nature in general as a subject with rights.