[All] Climate Change & Lawsuit Info

[Louisette Lanteigne]

The International Forum on Globalization (IFG) released a special report today, “Outing the Oligarchy: Billionaires Who Benefit From Today’s Climate Crisis,” which identifies the world’s top 50 individuals whose investments benefit from climate change and whose influence networks block efforts to phase out pollution from fossil fuels.


http://ifg.org/programs/plutonomy.html

Kids in the US are suing the Federal Government and several states over Climate Change inaction. The lawsuits are based on a legal theory developed by University of Oregon law professor Mary Wood called "atmospheric trust litigation." The theory "rests on the premise that all governments hold natural resources in trust for their citizens and bear the fiduciary obligation to protect such resources for future generations.


http://www.grist.org/climate-change/2011-12-08-the-young-and-the-restless-kids-sue-government-over-climate-chan


If you are curious to see if the same could work in Canada, visit here:

http://www.wcel.org/resources/environmental-law-alert/atmospheric-trust-litigation


I'm thinking we might want to craft legislation in at the local level to give people the right to sue should the Grand River be compromised. 

Lulu
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