They Knew

The US Federal Governments Fifty-Year Role in Causing the Climate Crisis

They Knew
James Gustave Speth
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Hardback
h203 x 133mm - 280pg
24 Aug 2021 US
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9780262542982
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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
A rousing condemnation of a system bent on short-term gain against long-term health. --Kirkus Reviews
James Gustave Speth served as member and chairman of the U. S. Council on Environmental Quality during the Carter Administration and from 1993 to 1999 was Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme and served as chair of the UN Development Group. A retired Professor of Law and Senior Fellow at the Vermont Law School, he has also taught at Georgetown and Yale. He is the founder of World Resources Institute and a cofounder of Natural Resources Defense Council.
Status: Indent title, imported to order
ISBN-13: 9780262542982
Published: 24 Aug 2021
Published In: United States
Imprint: MIT Press
Publisher: MIT Press
Format: Hardback
Height: 203mm
Width: 133mm
Pages: 280

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