Fresh Air, Clean Water: Our Right to a Healthy Environment

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Contents Introduction 1 Chapter One One Earth to Share It’s a Fact Nature Makes Us Happier and Healthier 5 Air Water Soil Life 6 Planting the First Seeds 8 Cannonballs to the Sky 9 How Many Earths Do We Need 11 When the Air Is Thick 12 We’re All Thirsty 15 Hidden and Not-So-Hidden Poison 17 Planet-Sized Change 19 Climate Change Has No Borders 22 What Are Your Rights 24 Chapter two Words Have Power Environmental Rights Are Human Rights 27 A River Catches Fire 28 Animals Live Here Too 32 Noxious Neighborhoods 33 Environmental Laws 36 Highest Law of the Land 37 Rights to the Rescue 39 Left Out When Rights Aren’t Protected 42 We’re Not Done Fighting 42