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Came across a fascinating article in High Country News (www.hcn.org, a publication I highly recommend) which posits that regarding global warming, the government actually has a responsibility to stop it due to a law passed in the 1800s considering our land, waters and wildlife as a “trust asset” which the government is obliged to protect. They are the “trustees” of the natural resources that “we the people” need and use and share.
The idea’s been brought forth by a professor/attorney at the University of Oregon, Mary C. Wood. If you google her, you’ll find info about her as well as speeches on this topic on the U of O webpage about her.
I was fascinated and read all about it last night, including a great speech she recently gave at the 2008 Public Interest Environmental Law Conference.
Check it out; it gave me hope. www.law.uoregon.edu/faculty/mwood/
