Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Since the US Supreme Court’s (SCOTUS) July 30th denial of the federal government’s motions to dismiss the case of Juliana vs. US, the plaintiffs and their attorneys have been preparing for trial—the one the Trump administration had hoped to avoid and that others are calling the trial of the century.
Think about how permanent funds for common assets in poorer countries could vastly reduce inequality and poverty!
One in six Americans say they would personally engage in nonviolent civil disobedience against corporate or government activities that make global warming worse.
While much of the momentum to fight climate change is focused on political channels, there are parallel efforts using law to force government to take specific, enforceable actions to reduce carbon emissions.
“How come there’s no public dimension to natural resource law, and the public who uses these areas and actually owns most of them doesn’t have a say in what goes on?”
•The End of Snow? •The ‘pause’ in global warming is not even a thing •"We Can’t Trust Capitalism to Just Fix This" Global Warming Mess •Tunisia embeds climate change in constitution •Climate change: Rainforest absorption of CO2 becoming erratic •Discovering a Legal Tool to Curb Climate Change •Six Decades of a Warming Earth •Met Office report spells out climate change link to UK storms and flooding
In her brilliant new book, Mary Christina Wood, a noted environmental law scholar at the University of Oregon, Eugene, courageously sweeps aside the bland half-truths and evasions about environmental law.
Corporations are created by state-issued charters. Where corporations are violating their duty to the public trust — governments have an obligation to stop them from doing so or to revoke their charters.
Water Governance for 21st Century, by Shiney Varghese at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, makes a compelling case urging advcates and policy makers to advance an approach combining the commons framework and the Public Trust Doctrine principles.
