There have been attempts in the past to extend so-called human rights to nonhuman primates. In 2008, for example, the Spanish parliament approved a resolution supporting the Great Ape Project ...

This concept would let them have rights and legal standing in court. The idea challenges our traditional view that only humans, or human-created entities, can hold such status.

Last week, the Australian government announced it had given preliminary approval for the country’s biggest fossil fuel project, the North West Shelf Project, to continue operations until 2070.