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The empire even tried a very early version of the Clean Air Act. In 535, then Emperor Justinian proclaimed the importance of clean air as a birthright. “By the law of nature these things are common to mankind—the air, running water, the sea,” he wrote.
Imagine the effect if ancient environmental laws had their affect on human civilizational growth had they been enacted, just as current environmentalists are so inspired to impose.
> The empire even tried a very early version of the Clean Air Act. In 535, then Emperor Justinian proclaimed the importance of clean air as a birthright. “By the law of nature these things are common to mankind—the air, running water, the sea,” he wrote.
Imagine the effect if ancient environmental laws had their affect on human civilizational growth had they been enacted, just as current environmentalists are so inspired to impose.
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