Index. Foreword -- Introduction : Environmental law, disrupted by COVID-19 / Rebecca Bratspies, Vanessa Casado Perez, robin Kundis Craig, Lissa Griffin, Keith Hirokawa, Sarah Krakoff, Katrina Kuh, Jessica Owley, Melissa Powers, Shannon Roesler, Jonathan Rosenbloom, J.B. Ruhl, Erin Ryan, & David Takacs -- Chapter 1 : New realities require new priorities : heading off the climate dystopia death spirals by re-prioritizing the environment and environmental law / Robin Kundis Craig & J.B. Ruhl -- Chapter 2 : Landscapes of inequality : racial segregation and environmental injustice / Shannon Roesler -- Chapter 3 : Aggressive solutions to disrupt biodiversity loss / David Takacs -- Chapter 4 : Whose water? Corporatization of a common good / Vanessa Casado Perez -- Chapter 5 : Professional responsibility and the corporate hoodwink : using the climate disinformation campaign to examine the ethical responsibilities of attorneys when corporate clients mislead the public to avoid government regulation / Lissa Griffin & Katrina F. Kuh -- Chapter 6 : Private environmental action as disruptive innovation / Jessica Owley -- Chapter 7 : The twin environmental law problems of preemption and political scale / Erin Ryan -- Chapter 8 : Take the power back : raging against the local land use machine / Blake Hudson -- Chapter 9 : Local variation to lead the disruption of contemporary environmental law / Keith H. Hirokawa & Jonathan Rosenbloom -- Chapter 10 : Juliana v. United States and the risk of "legally disruptive" federal climate litigation / Melissa Powers & Juliane L. Fry -- Chapter 11 : Our climate moment is now! (or how to change the story to save our world) / Rebecca Bratspies -- Chapter 12 : Environmental law, disrupted by COVID-19 / Rebecca Bratspies, Vanessa Casado Perez, robin Kundis Craig, Lissa Griffin, Keith Hirokawa, Sarah Krakoff, Katrina Kuh, Jessica Owley, Melissa Powers, Shannon Roesler, Jonathan Rosenbloom, J.B. Ruhl, Erin Ryan, & David Takacs -- Index.
Summary:
"To date, U.S. law has largely served as an obstacle to an honest assessment of our preparedness to face the climate change challenge. Given that society has become comfortable amidst mild climatic conditions, and given a pervasive reluctance to change, extreme and abrupt climatic changes will hit hard. Our current legal structure maintains a dangerous status quo and it is time to unleash the potential of communities and the private sector to produce innovative solutions. This book, the fourth in a series by the Environmental Law Collaborative, addresses disruption from a variety of influences and perspectives. Some essays consider the disruptive effects of environmental changes on human and ecological safety, security, and well-being, suggesting that the impacts of climate changes are not accounted for in the current legal system. Some identify key changes needed to respond to climatic challenges, social inequities, and dwindling grey and green resources. Others deconstruct social, political, and professional frameworks to understand how such influences might be used to disrupt the current regime, or even ones where expectations are being disrupted with the endorsement of law. Taken together, these essays provide an understanding of the cause, effect, and opportunity that environmental disruption presents in the climate change era." -- back cover.
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