Environmental
Dec. 23, 2010
Using the Courts to Fight Climate Change: Taking a Page From the Civil Rights Playbook
Legislative gridlock means that courts must play a leading role in the battle against climate change. By Jennifer K. Berg.
"My friends, I must say to you that we have not made a single gain in civil rights without determined legal and nonviolent pressure. Lamentably, it is an historical fact that privileged groups seldom give up their privileges voluntarily." Martin Luther King, Letter from a Birmingham Jail, April 16, 1963.
Our courts have been an effective avenue for redress of critical national issues such as discrimination, a wo...
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