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Is a healthy environment a human right? Testing the idea in Appalachia

  • Written by Nicholas F. Stump, Library Faculty Member, West Virginia University
imageDemonstrators at a rally in Frankfort, Kentucky, Feb. 13, 2013, protest against mountaintop removal coal mining. AP Photo/James Crisp

Do we have a fundamental right to breathe clean air, drink clean water and eat safe food? The idea of environmental human rights is receiving growing attention worldwide, driven by our global ecological crisis....

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