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Rivers Are People, Too

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Well, they’re not. Not yet, that is.

If Cambridge University’s professor of literature and environmental humanities, Robert Macfarlane, had his way, a little clever legal maneuvering may yet undo this injustice.

Noah Rothman

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Noah Rothman

Noah Rothman is a senior writer at National Review. His third book, Blood and Progress: A Century of Left-Wing Violence, was published by Hachette in May 2026.

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