October 22, 2014 We all know that people need law – that if we all drove on whatever side of the road we wanted or harmed others with impunity whenever we got angry life would be nasty, brutish, and short. But we also know there are times when the law is unjust and wrong…. Read More »
OUR CLIMATE IS A PUBLIC TRUST
October 20, 2014 Can an ancient legal principle with roots in Roman law serve as a tool for the climate protection movement? On October 23, Alec Johnson, aka “Climate Hawk,” is scheduled to go on trial for locking himself to a construction excavator in Tushka, Oklahoma as part of the Tar Sands Blockade campaign… Read More »
CLIMATE ACTIVIST ARGUES RESISTANCE IS NECESSARY TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC TRUST
October 17, 2014 On October 23, Alec Johnson, a.k.a. “Climate Hawk,” is scheduled to go on trial for having locked himself to a construction excavator in Tushka, Okla., on Earth Day 2013, as part of the Tar Sands Blockade campaign to stop the Keystone XL pipeline. He intends to argue that resisting the pipeline… Read More »
CLIMATE DESTRUCTION IN THE COURT OF PUBLIC OPINION
October 3, 2014 As the leaders of more than a hundred of the world’s governments addressed the U.N. Climate Summit last week, people’s organizations from around the world convened a Climate Justice Tribunal across from the United Nations to indict political leaders and corporate polluters for their failure to protect our health, communities and… Read More »
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