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As the world burns : the new generation of activists and the landmark legal fight against climate change / Lee Van der Voo.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Portland, Oregon : Timber Press, 2020Copyright date: ©2020Description: 304 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781604699982
  • 1604699981
Subject(s):
Contents:
October 29, 2018: A crisis at hand, a nation consumed -- "The country that we want to live in" -- "Not a problem individuals can solve" -- "You don't have the right to tell an oil company no" -- Radical corrective streak -- The furious paper war and the direction of the nation -- Soon to be disrupted by wind and rain -- "The other side of the so-called 'end of history'" -- November 2018: Doubling down on backward -- Crashing the official narrative -- The zenith of ridiculous -- A dislocation of the soul -- "I will be with you in the streets" -- "The constitutional question of this century" -- White noise in a land that doesn't care -- November 4, 2019: Purposeful procession -- Epilogue -- Appendix: About the youth plaintiffs.
Summary: "Award-winning investigative journalist Lee Van der Voo reports on Juliana v. the United States. Combining unparalleled access to the plaintiffs and reporting on the natural disasters that form an urgent backdrop to the story, van der Voo shares a timely and important story about the environment, the law, and the new generation of activists"-- Provided by publisher.
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"The story of Juliana v. United States and the committed young people behind it will give you hope in the next generation." --Elizabeth Kolbert, author of The Sixth Extinction



Do our children have a right to inherit a livable planet? Is the government obliged to protect it? Twenty-one young people from across America have sued the federal government over climate change, charging that actions promoting a fossil fuel economy violate their constitutional rights to life, liberty, and property. Their trial could be the civil rights trial of the century, but the government has used arcane legal tactics to stymie its progress at every turn.



As the World Burns by investigative reporter Lee van der Voo follows the plight of the young plaintiffs, chronicling their legal battle as their childhoods are consumed by another year of drought and wildfire, floods and hurricanes, and the most tumultuous political season in modern history. As the World Burns is climate breakdown like you've never seen it--through the eyes of the young.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-289) and index.

October 29, 2018: A crisis at hand, a nation consumed -- "The country that we want to live in" -- "Not a problem individuals can solve" -- "You don't have the right to tell an oil company no" -- Radical corrective streak -- The furious paper war and the direction of the nation -- Soon to be disrupted by wind and rain -- "The other side of the so-called 'end of history'" -- November 2018: Doubling down on backward -- Crashing the official narrative -- The zenith of ridiculous -- A dislocation of the soul -- "I will be with you in the streets" -- "The constitutional question of this century" -- White noise in a land that doesn't care -- November 4, 2019: Purposeful procession -- Epilogue -- Appendix: About the youth plaintiffs.

"Award-winning investigative journalist Lee Van der Voo reports on Juliana v. the United States. Combining unparalleled access to the plaintiffs and reporting on the natural disasters that form an urgent backdrop to the story, van der Voo shares a timely and important story about the environment, the law, and the new generation of activists"-- Provided by publisher.

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