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Florida right to clean water.org logo. Florida Right To Clean Water.org is a grassroots, [1] volunteer, [2] nonpartisan organization [3] formed to place an amendment to the state constitution by citizens before the voters of the U.S. state of Florida, using a direct initiative that will give citizens of the state a right to clean and healthy waters. [4]
Montana added environmental rights in 1972. [5] It was not until 2022 that New York state [6] added an environmental rights amendment to their bill of rights. Article I section 19 of the New York Constitution provides, "Each person shall have a right to clean air and water, and a healthful environment."
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In November, 2020, voters in Orange County, Florida passed a charter amendment for the "right to clean water" by a margin of 89% that protects waterways in the county from pollution and enables citizens to bring lawsuits to defend against such pollution, becoming the largest community in the country to enact such a rights of nature initiative.
The U.S. EPA has determined that Florida’s antiquated water quality standards do not go far enough in protecting citizens from toxic pollutants. EPA: Florida must change water quality standards ...
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A human right to water "generally rests on two justifications: the non-substitutability of drinking water ('essential for life'), and the fact that many other human rights which are explicitly recognized in the UN Conventions are predicated upon an (assumed) availability of water (e.g. the right to food)."
A state constitutional amendment affirming the right to clean air and water and a healthy environment would be a bold step, safeguarding the health and rights of all our residents.