{"product_id":"as-the-world-burns-the-new-generation-of-activists-and-the-landmark-legal-fight-against-climate-change","title":"As the World Burns: The New Generation of Activists and the Landmark Legal Fight Against Climate Change","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eAs the World Burns: The New Generation of Activists and the Landmark Legal Fight Against Climate Change\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eLee Van Der Voo\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781604699982\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eTimber Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2020\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The story of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eJuliana v. United States\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e and the committed young people behind it will give you hope in the next generation.\" --Elizabeth Kolbert, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Sixth Extinction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e As the World Burns\u003c\/i\u003e by investigative reporter Lee van der Voo 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. \u003ci\u003eAs the World Burns\u003c\/i\u003e is climate breakdown like you've never seen it--through the eyes of the young. \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Timber Press","offers":[{"title":"As the World Burns: The New Generation of Activists and the Landmark Legal Fight Against Climate Change | Lee Van Der Voo | Hardcover | 9781604699982 | Used: Like New | Politics 1591564","offer_id":50642636177666,"sku":"1591564","price":22.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/91TvxJQGk-L.jpg?v=1791252468","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/as-the-world-burns-the-new-generation-of-activists-and-the-landmark-legal-fight-against-climate-change","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}