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Plastic Bags… to Ban or Not to Ban? That is the Question.
I visited St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, back in October, and went grocery shopping, just like I did before I moved away in 2017. I got to the cashier, paid for all of my groceries and she asked me if I wanted to purchase a reusable bag. Annoyed, I said no, thinking, “why should I…
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Nature Versus Nurture, Why Not Nurture Nature? The Argument for Extending Rights to Nature
Since its inception, the legal field has had an anthropocentric, or human centered, focus of legal rights. Even when a nature-based case come to a court the judge still views the issue in how it will impact humans and not nature itself. Nature has been considered to have property rights in that as long as…
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Here, Kitty, Kitty…
Florida, USA is home to a few beautiful big cats, but one of those cats is on the precipice of extinction. The Florida panther is the last remaining puma in the Eastern Hemisphere, it is also the most endangered mammal in the Eastern Hemisphere.[1] The panther was first listed as an endangered species in 1967,…
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Littering is Annoying: Suppress Irritation through Activism
Do you despise people who litter? Would you like to read an article about just that? Welcome. My personal rage towards people who throw plastic cigarette cartons out of their car windows has inspired me to do some research on the littering statutes around the country. Personally, I’d like to conduct citizen arrests on the…
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