“We thought they would protect us. They wouldn’t.”

This article by Jeremy Deaton and Mariana Surillo originally appeared in Nexus Media, July 20, 2017.

There only about a dozen countries on Earth that don’t recognize the right to a healthy environment. The United States is one.

Now, a small town in rural western Pennsylvania is asserting the legal right to clean air and water. In doing so, it’s challenging the foundation of U.S. environmental law. MORE…