James Gustave Speth Libros

A devastating, play-by-play account of the federal government's leading role in bringing about today's climate crisis. In 2015, a group of twenty-one young people sued the federal government for violating their constitutional rights by promoting the climate catastrophe, depriving them of life, liberty, and property without due process of law. They Knew offers evidence for their claims, presenting a devastating, play-by-play account of the federal government's role in bringing about today's climate crisis. James Speth, tapped by the plaintiffs as an expert on climate, documents how administrations from Carter to Trump--despite having information about climate change and the connection to fossil fuels--continued aggressive support of a fossil fuel based energy system. What did the federal government know and when did it know it? Speth asks, echoing another famous cover up. What did the federal government do and what did it not do? They Knew (an updated version of the Expert Report Speth prepared for the lawsuit) presents the most compelling indictment yet of the government's role in the climate crisis, showing a forty-year failure to take action. Since Juliana v. United States was filed, the federal government has repeatedly delayed the case. Yet even in legal limbo, it has helped inspire a generation of youthful climate activists. An Our Children’s Trust Book

Why the crisis in which America finds itself demands a new "operating system"

James G. Speth stellt der globalen Umweltpolitik die Diagnose - und diese fällt ebenso deutlich wie vernichtend aus: Alle internationalen Vereinbarungen und Verträge der letzten zwei Jahrzehnte, die „Zeit nach Rio“, sind wirkungslos. Der von so vielen beschworene Schutz der Biosphäre ist das Papier nicht wert, auf dem er steht, weil die internationale Staatengemeinschaft weder die Kraft noch den Willen aufbringt, dem Zerfall der zentralen Ökosysteme wirklich entgegenzutreten. Insbesondere die jüngste Umweltpolitik der USA spielt hierbei eine unrühmliche Rolle. Ein zorniges Buch, gleichzeitig jedoch überaus klar und besonnen in seinen Aussagen, ist dies der eindringliche Weckruf einer der großen Persönlichkeiten der amerikanischen Umweltbewegung.