Taking Posterity Seriously: Intergenerational Justice

Contributed by:
John Davidson
Professor of Political Science, University of Oregon
Thesis
The Climate Legacy Initiative seeks to “promote legal doctrines . . . to safeguard present and future generations from harms resulting from global climate change.” Consistent with that mission, CLI should recognize and promote the Stewardship Doctrine, which holds that the existing language of [...]

At the End of our Tether: The Rationality of Nonviolence*

Contributed by:
David Orr
Pau Sear Professor of Environmental Studies
Oberlin College, Ohio
Somebody must begin it.
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Common Law Judges Must Act On Global Warming

Contributed by:
Joseph H. Guth, Ph.D., J.D.
Science & Environmental Health Network
We all know that we have to take action on global warming now. As private individuals, we are beginning to do things like installing photovoltaic panels at our homes and businesses, switching to Priuses and bicycles, and buying local. Our governments are edging forward with steps [...]