On Election Day, voters in Orange County, FL, will vote on a county-wide initiative which would recognize a right to clean water for the residents and rights of Orange County rivers and streams, in the first rights of nature measure in Florida.

The Environment and Climate Crisis Council of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) has recommended including the Rights of Nature in the 2020 Democratic Party Platform.

This month, the Council forwarded recommendations for policies to be included in the platform. The new platform will be adopted at the Democratic National Convention this summer.