The Commons Blog: Environmental Laws Lead to Ban on Death

Who says environmentalists are anti-people? In Brazil, a new law has caused one town’s mayor to propagate the most pro-people plan possible. (Say that three times fast.).

The Commons Blog explains how a regulation imposed by Brazil’s National Environment Council led Biritiba Mirim Mayor Roberto Pereira da Silva to propose a law banning death.



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