As the World Burns: The New Generation of Activists and the Landmark Legal Fight Against Climate Change
By Lee van der Voo
Read by Lee van der Voo
Unabridged
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3 Formats: CD
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3 Formats: Library CD
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3 Formats: MP3 CD
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ISBN: 9781664507371
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ISBN: 9781664504844
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ISBN: 9781664508156
Runtime: | 10.68 Hours |
Category: | Nonfiction/Science |
Audience: | Adult |
Language: | English |
Summary
Summary
“The story of Juliana v. United States and the committed young people behind it will give you hope in the next generation.” —Elizabeth Kolbert, author of The Sixth
Extinction
Do our children have a right to inherit a livable planet? Is the government obliged to protect it?
Twenty-one young people from across America have sued the federal government over climate change, charging that actions promoting a fossil fuel economy violate their constitutional rights to life,
liberty, and property. Their trial could be the civil rights trial of the century, but the government has used arcane legal tactics to stymie its progress at every turn.
As the World Burns follows the plight of the young plaintiffs, chronicling their legal battle as their childhoods are consumed by another year of drought and wildfire, floods and
hurricanes, and the most tumultuous political season in modern history.
The plaintiffs wrenchingly describe personal experiences with recurring “thousand-year” floods, wildfire smoke so thick they can’t ride a bike to school, drought that threatens family farms, and
disappearing coastlines that send waves lapping ominously at their doors. Along the way, journalist Lee van der Voo weaves their experience into a broader narrative of America, where politics and
policy threaten the very existence of our youth and our way of life. While acknowledgement of climate change seems increasingly optional in an America resistant to inconvenience, what she found was
a group of young people who could indeed articulate, not only their own intense fears about the climate impacts already upending their lives, but a clear understanding of how deeply
counter-interests were entrenched in their government and society. And how personal that was beginning to feel.
And yet, theirs is ultimately a story of hope.
As the World Burns is climate breakdown like you’ve never seen it—through the eyes of the young.
Details
Details
Available Formats : | CD, Library CD, MP3 CD |
Category: | Nonfiction/Science |
Runtime: | 10.68 |
Audience: | Adult |
Language: | English |
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