Rhode Island § 10-20-1 § 10-20-1. Legislative findings and purpose.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 10-20-1 — § 10-20-1. Legislative findings and purpose.

Rhode Island·Title 10 Courts and civil procedure–Procedure in particular actions·Ch. 10-20 State Environmental Rights

§ 10-20-1. Legislative findings and purpose.
The general assembly finds and declares that each person is entitled by right to the
            protection, preservation, and enhancement of air, water, land, and other natural resources
            located within the state and that each person has the responsibility to contribute
            to the protection, preservation, and enhancement thereof. The legislature further
            declares its policy to create and maintain within the state conditions under which
            man and nature can exist in productive harmony in order that present and future generations
            may enjoy clean air and water, productive land, and other natural resources with which
         

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§ 10-20-1. Legislative findings and purpose.

The general assembly finds and declares that each person is entitled by right to the protection, preservation, and enhancement of air, water, land, and other natural resources located within the state and that each person has the responsibility to contribute to the protection, preservation, and enhancement thereof. The legislature further declares its policy to create and maintain within the state conditions under which man and nature can exist in productive harmony in order that present and future generations may enjoy clean air and water, productive land, and other natural resources with which this state has been endowed. Accordingly, it is in the public interest to provide an adequate civil remedy to protect air, water, land and other natural resources located within the state from pollution, impairment, or destruction.

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