How Lawyers Fight Climate Change
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"We're going to have to rely on the politicians to set policy".......We all gon' die.
Ironically in my country most politicians are lawyers...
They dont care unless your name is Israel, you wont get a dime
@@dnaseb9214 naming my first born Israel. Pro gamer move.
@@podemosurss8316 That's the issue... because then the politicians can just rig the law in their favor...
My thoughts exactly.
“When the law needs to change, who ya gonna call?”
Best case: Lawyers.
Reality: Industry lobbyists.
Agriculture lobbyists might have power here, considering climate change messes up their nicely placed Plant Hardiness Zones beyond recognition
Facts
@@lwardrop2453 lol..amd you think they dont have lawyers for that.
Objection: Lawyers are on any and all sides of every issues. Let’s not gloss over the history of the oil industry using lots and lots of lawyers to get to where we are today.
WELL SAID. At every loop hole money uses to get its way there's a lawyer holding that loop hole open for it to go through.
In the comic strip "Wizard of Id" one of its main characters is Larsen E. Pettifogger en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wizard_of_Id#Main_characters
One of his most famous lines is "Every man is innocent until proven broke."
I once heard (sort of 😉🤫) that the Grand Canyon wasn't caused by the Colorado River it was caused by a lawyer who took it literally when they heard a wealthy client was lost down a rabbit hole. 🤔🤦♂️🙇♀️
Facts
That's kind of a given though don't you think? Wherever there's lawyers fighting for something, someone else is paying others to fight against it. That's just how the system works lol
For example, the SLAPP suit against Donziger that’s turned into a two year unjust imprisonment
Sustained.
"In America, we just sue each other."
Instead of willingly help one another? Evidence? Oh, 2020? Yeah, agreed.
Evidence?
[Gestures vaguely]
You just pointed to all of it
I mean when people cheat in elections, what did you expect ?
@@dnaseb9214 oh no, Joe Biden is just so legitimate and popular that he got 81 million votes. Barack Obama got "only" 62 million in 2012.
@@dnaseb9214 youre on the wrong channel if you think the election was falsified
@@dnaseb9214 Yes, someone cheated. One can't simply storm a capital and expect votes to change. Someone cheated, but that someone wasn't Biden.
Once in a century storms once a year*
Ted Cruz: this is normal
Never happens. I can’t remember the last time we have had a record cold or hot day.
@@darksideblues135 august 2020 was the hottest summer on record
@@darksideblues135
Legit what’s going on in Texas
@@darksideblues135 the six warmest years on record have been since 2015. 2011-2020 was the hottest decade recorded.
LE: "And when the law has to change, who you gonna call?"
Me: "GHOST BUS-"
LE: "Lawyers"
Me: "Oh, right, that makes sense..."
I was about to say '' Winchesters '' xD (parody of Ghost Busters)
Why can't we call ghost lawyers?
When there's something wrong /
And your laws ain't good!
Lawbusters !
I purely read that as ghost bus and thought missed a cultural phenomenon
Devin really be out here giving shoutouts to small time creators like Bill Gates.
Hahaha
Yah I guess he felt guilty for stealing other people's ideas and using child labor.
@@illbill5904 I thought Steve Jobs was too dead to feel guilty...
@@toaster_bloke9999 no, but Elon Musk is holding that guilt for him.
Ikr? Nice to know this video is sponsored by the most corrupt billionaire capitalists on the planet next to drumpf.
Not a huge deal, but technically the statement: "half of Norways vehicles are electric" is wrong, half of new cars sold are electric :)
I am from Europe and reading the news about the US and watching shows like Last Werk Tonight creates a dark image of the state of the US.
People like you are refreshing since the voices of sense and reason get lost over the distance. Keep it up!
Oh, they don't get lost. They just don't exist in the first place. This country is damned, and the sooner it burns down the better for everyone.
That’s because people are more willing to watch and listen to extreme things than rational or well presented ones.
I mean here it's like half of us are constantly fighting the other half. It's extremely annoying.
The big loud mouths are the ones who keep talking out their butts and everyone else is like "uh that's a terrible idea". We're a mess over here. Save yourselves. XD
I assure you the reality in usa is far far worse.
@@QuesoCookies couldn't agree more, I'm moved away years ago and haven't missed it or once thought about returning
Climate: Changes
Denmark: "You are reaching illegal levels that no one should ever go, my friend."
Denmark: climate change is illegal.
America: but muh freedom!!!
Climate: Changes
Denmark: "You are reaching illegal levels that no one should ever go, my friend."
America to Denmark: "Acknowledged strike team deployed to your location."
China: HAHA OCEANS GO WOOOOOSHHHH
Japan: 👁️👄👁️
If you don't get the joke I'm not explaining it to you.
@@illbill5904 That is the funniest thing I've seen this year
Climate: Changes
Denmark: “...And I took that personally”
@@inefffable China make more than 2x the USA in greenhouse gases..lol you may want to tackle the biggest first.
"And right now your eyes may be glazing over from boredom" Okay you caught me, I was scrolling down to the comment section literally as you said that
Wow, I was reading your comment when he said it. Word for word at the same time.
Part of the problem is that legal systems just aren't built for the kinds of really complex damages, taking place over decades or centuries, that characterize ecological problems.
The human brain is not even built for that, but somewhere you have to start
The change should really start with the politicians. Lawyers and courts are only there to uphold existing laws, or get around it, but for things beyond that scope, it's on the people that have the power to change policies to act on it.
The Iroquois Nation wrote into their constitution that no new law could be passed unless careful consideration determined that it wouldn't negatively effect the next seven generations. We need that rule so badly.
@@madensmith7014 exactly, separation of powers is a thing for a good reason.
Even if they were, it fundamentally wouldn't work. 'We're suing our ancestors for putting us in this mess. If we win, we get to inherit their... ohhhh.'
Lawyers will also help keep the world going after an apocalypse as we'll eat them first.
They taste like chicken
@@14gears55 I laughed a bit to hard at this
An apocalypse is happening.
I would say eat the politicians first because they will only determent us but than again their rotten to the bones
@@14gears55 nah according national geographic interviews from the cannibals man tastes like pig.
As long as the same old people are in our congress, the same laws won't be passed
Lol..said the last century.
We grow into those people.
If only
Lawyers will threaten hurricanes with a lawsuit and they‘ll be forced to settle.
As long as the hurricane doesn't settle over where I live, I support it.
"What about international law?"
**laughs in illegal and offensive wars**
let's cool it with the anti-semitic remarks
@@Halal_Dan What do Jews have to do with his shitty meme?
@@sirkana weak 4chan troll responding to a shit reddit meme, welcome to youtube
@@sirkana Any wars America fights is for the good of our greatest ally Israel. There's nothing illegal or offensive about it.
The UN is completely useless? Who would have thought.
What are lawyers doing to prevent politicians from lying to the public?
If anyone else lied in the execution of their job then they could be subject to prosecution over false advertising, misrepresentation or fraud.
Not so for the top job in the country. It seems with great power comes less responsibility...
The entire premise for Trump support was that he would be a bull in a china shop. We got what was offered.
Facts
I keep telling people here in Louisiana, "just y'all watch out when hurricane season is year long"
BUT MERICA IS BOUT FREE MARKET CAPITALISM, COAL WILL SAVE OUR COUNTRY FROM THE CHINESE
Spoken like a true gulf-coaster. Stay safe out there.
@@shuheihisagi6689 America's right wing politics have actually become so far gone that I genuinely cannot even tell if this is a joke anymore. I would have said yes in a heartbeat, but I have seen someone comment something basically exactly like this including the all caps who was atcually being 100% serious.
It's sad too, because China's ethics are a genuine large concern that I feel gets undermined by these idiots.
That's what's so funny for my central european eyes: The worst WE will see from nature is heavy storms and some floodings, even with a changing climate we won't get what you have for decades! You know, all the good stuff like Hurricanes, Tornadoes, Blizzards and we already lack your Earthquakes...we both will see A TON of climate refugees so that's a draw...so why aren't americans way more interested? I'm seeing MONUMENTAL SUVs and Pickups are the top sellers, Trump rolled back all the Legislature....WTF? it's YOUR ass on the line first!! Well, after Tuvalu...
@@doublechindoge7 I am not pro-china at all. I just think a lot of right wing politics rely on scapegoating instead solving problems. Thats all I meant.
But yeah its scary out here.
As an environmental management major, I request more environmental law videos!
*people sue over an issue that affects everyone everywhere* - judge: you lack standing.
this just seems weird to me, as if the judge is saying "everyone" doesn't include those people.
Please teenagers tried to sue Tide over the pod challenge.
It makes a lot of sense actually.
With court you have to be very specific as to who did what on a date/time, the damage directly caused and the action/remedy in compensation. It was designed to react to a very direct, provable act, like an individual committing a crime, not deal with things like environmental damage where a lot of people contribute to varying degrees over a long period of time.
That's kind of the point. A few people, no matter how upset (arguably, especially so) aren't representative of everyone. Making decisions with the support of a large group of people is the politician's job, and the fact that people are pressuring the wrong system just goes to show how warped America has become at responding to reality.
@@psylock524 No. Politics are not a legitimate way to instill rules. Contracts are. Anarocapitalism holds the solutions to climate change.
Bit of an error in this at 8:20, electric cars don't count for half of all cars in Norway, they count for about half of new car sales.
And they are also very bad for the environment. They strip mine and produce batteries that are very toxic and can’t be recycled.
If only we had something that we can use that feeds plants...
Oh, that’s right, gasoline.
@@darksideblues135 FEEDS PLANTS? Lol, that's the biggest BS I've ever heard.
We had way more plants on earth centuries ago and they've never ran out of CO2. CO2 is hardly the limiting factor to photosynthesis, let alone the other bad stuff that comes with the rise of CO2.
No burning fuel does not feed plants. Oil extraction is just as bad if not worse than mining for batteries.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/ask-the-experts-does-rising-co2-benefit-plants1/
@@darksideblues135 I guess you've never lived in western North Dakota if this is the argument you're making....
@@darksideblues135 Whoops, we found the one that sources Greenspirit as credible.
@@darksideblues135 Obvious troll is obvious
Pretty happy you looked at Canada's carbon tax but you would be surprised by how polarized it all is here. The province of Alberta, next to BC, is suing the Government of Canada on whether or not Carbon Tax is constitutional. 🙄
They are also polarized internally, with their previous government implementing a provincial carbon tax that got scrapped by the current government.
Not to mention the Ontario government who, while not trying to sue the Fed (as far as I know), have pushed a propaganda campaign to sour public opinion on the Carbon Tax using such fancy tools as passive-aggressive stickers at gas pumps that you are forced by law to put up.
@@elbraymundo At least Ford didn't buy a 7 billion dollar pipeline that he knew could be cancelled 🤣🤣 The KXL is the laughing stock and I live here 🤣🤣
@@elbraymundo It looks like the courts struck that down:
"The Canadian Civil Liberties Association took the Ontario government to court over the mandatory stickers, arguing the messages were “a form of compelled political expression.” In September 2020, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice sided with CCLA, ruling that Ford’s mandatory gas-pump decals attacking federal carbon-pricing measures are unconstitutional and violated business owners' freedom of expression."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_pricing_in_Canada#Gas_station_decals
@@jebeda They're still up at gas stations around here, so I guess at this point the owners have them up of their own volition or just haven't bothered taking them down.
I believe it's Ghost Lawyers. I'd be open to collaborate on a screenplay.
Law Busters!
Who you gonna call?
A bailiff can't tackle a ghost!
objection: i do admitt the fact that lawyers fight climate change, but they are also in the position of the defending those creating climate change, such is the nature of the adversarial system. so not just honnor's here, cant pass the blame to the judges and legislators alone.
Imagine you live in a house. Imagine you can't move out and buy a new one. You have no choice but to inherit this house once the current owners die. Now imagine that you are powerless as the current owners constantly wreck the place. Put holes in the walls, release termites, smear shit into the carpets, etc. Every time you plead with them to stop, they spit in your face as they light the furniture on fire. That's what being under 30 in America is like.
No it isn’t.
I'm 32 and it's still like that.
And what's worse, once some of them start dying and getting flooded, suddenly it's our foul for not doing more or they get high and make some weird theory... looking at you Texas
@@darksideblues135 What a fascinating counterargument. So well developed.
@@vow4621 ignore him, you can tell by his comments on this channel that he nothing more than a brain dead conspiracy theory idiot
2:50 - Fun fact: the Philippine Supreme Court ruled in landmark environmental lawsuits that children, generations yet unborn, and *dolphins* all have legal standing to file a case to protect their rights to a healthy ecosystem
(Resident Marine Mammals v. Reyes, G.R. No. 180771 April 21, 2015)
I'm filipino and didn't know this, thanks for sharing
The dolphins will be paying in mackerel.🐬🐬🐬
"Court's arent supposed to set policy"
Supreme Court: Qualified Immunity is a thing
1:35 "Right now the United States is not exactly known for passing bipartisan legislation."
You need to copy Denmark and pass some octopartisan legislation.
That's how screwed up our system of government is. Since we have only two parties, it's always going to be relatively close to a 50-50 split of seats in the Senate. And if you have between 41 and 49 of those seats, which is all but guaranteed for the minority party, then you can filibuster to keep the majority from doing anything. Oh, and also, because of the dumbass way we allocate Senate seats, it's possible for the majority in the Senate to come from states that only account for like 18 percent of the total US population.
Proportional representation is the only way to get more parties.
@@frigginjerkthis, this here dysfunctional old thing is what we're going to use to avert the end of civilization. Welp were orders of magnitude beyond screwed
As a climate policy analyst in the US, I’ve mostly viewed lawyers as an impediment to change rather than a conduit for change. But that’s because both sides have lawyers.
I do appreciate my colleagues who have gone or are going to law school to become environmental lawyers-I trust them, I don’t trust the rest of the legal community.
Would you happen to have any advice/tips for a college student aspiring to go into the same field? I’m currently studying to get my undergrad degree in Environmental studies and I’m hoping to become a policy analyst after I get a Master’s, so it would be nice to hear your thoughts!
@@shelbyryder1910 go into stem. They are treating you junk science. They tell you that 0.0004 percent of the atmosphere will destroy the world if it climbs up to 0.0004 and that has they claim is so bad for the environment is crucial for plants to grow, which means if you reduce co2 you’ll reduce plant growth and then you’ll introduce starvation.
It’s trash.
@@shelbyryder1910
If what you want is specifically policy analysis and to really crunch the numbers, my recommendation is to take courses in economics (econometrics, natural resource economics) and statistics. At least try that out to see if you like it.
Personally, I ended up disliking the data-heavy components and have transitioned to a mix of analysis and advocacy, focusing on mobilizing the private sector through green finance and international policy.
The stuff I do is more qualitative with a good understanding of stats, econ, and accounting. A lot of policy memos/proposals. Basically, I inform decision makers using other peoples’ data crunching efforts.
If you’re looking for school advice, I double majored in Environmental Science and Economics, and then went to a graduate program in environmental management-I think Yale, Duke, and Stanford are currently top rated-and a lot of those programs let you pair the degree with a law or MBA program (those obviously would only be worth the money if it’s a top 20 school, and I didn’t do any joint program).
Finally, I really think networking is key for higher-level jobs in this field. Especially if you want to work in DC, it can be hard to get a foot in the door without a contact. So when looking for programs and classes, check out who the professor knows and works with, then try to work with that professor to build your network.
Sorry. That was a lot of info. I hope it’s helpful!
@@darksideblues135 when literally every scientist with relevant expertise disagrees with you yet you try to appeal to science I can safely assume you've failed every science class you've ever taken.
@@darksideblues135 the whole plant food argument is a half truth. Under controlled conditons, this is sometimes true but plants can't survive on CO2 alone. Warmer temperatures are also shown to reduce the rate at which plants absorb CO2 so it's still not a good thing to increase the atmospheric concentration of it significantly. Finally, the argument that since CO2 is a small portion of the atmosphere, it doesn't have a large impact on climate is not true. It blocks the wavelengths of IR which other gasses don't allowing for warning by reflecting IR back towards the surface. Water vapor, which is a greenhouse gas and makes up much more of the environment will enhance the warning caused by CO2 because warmer air holds more water vapor. You should do research instead of just spouting talking points.
8:50 I guess I missed the US annexing most of Canada's major metropolitan centres......
12:43 gotta love it when even legal eagle admits lawyers aint normal people
My daughter would love for her job to be obsolete! It's basically cleaning up after climate change worsened messes. She's a lawyer with specialties in environmental and international law, currently working for her state to help municipalities get FEMA money after disasters. There's never enough time; the work has become endless.
0:42 * Dave Chappelle voice* "Global problems require global solutions"
oil?? bitch you cooking? RUN!
Said no Chinese ambassador
8:49 "This just in, The United States of America has annexed a small strip of northern Mexico and Canada's largest cities"
Uh-oh, we'd better call the Nlaka'pamux!
What do you think about a vacancy tax? For cities like Baltimore that have astronomically high abandoned/vacant buildings especially compared to homelessness rates; do you think that eminent domain could be used in conjunction with vacancy taxes to address he costs of living?
Hmm. So, if there was a vacancy tax, they might actually just let people live in the investment properties for month to month rent...
In Canada they tried implementation of a vacancy tax because a lot of property is owned by Chinese investors. What they ended up doing was allowing Chinese students living in Canada to stay in the house to avoid the tax
Sounds like it would violate the, 4th, 5th and or 14th amendment.
@@EggyBagelface93 Well that would free up some other places though, wouldn't it? Those Chinese students presumably weren't homeless...
@@EggyBagelface93 Well, that's in BC, and whether or not you like Chinese students it still relieves some of the pressure on the housing market. You don't have to dig very deep to find stories of people in Vancouver and Victoria being priced out of a place to live. Meanwhile whole neighbourhoods of multi-million-dollar homes sitting were empty and rotting as asset shelters from Chinese tax laws. Wherever those students were renting before, someone else will be able to stay now.
Someone needs to tell the lawyers for the gas, agriculture, and mining industry.....that they are supposed to be good....
I thought lawyers naturally suck the air out of the room?
While simultaneously replacing it with hot air
@Climate Change will Kill us All !!! bro bill gates is not the guy you should be considering greedy, considering how much he has done for charity
@Climate Change will Kill us All !!! bro is a gender neutral term to me, and bill gates has spent over 50 billion dollars on charity. In percentage that seems small but have he didn't have to give anything, and the number alone is more than you or I will likely ever make. Also just because he doesn't help me doesn't mean that he isn't helpful.
@Climate Change will Kill us All !!! nvm I am beginning to realize you are probably satirical
@@necronwarlord9188 shut up transphobe. Bill Gates' fraudulent charities already lethally abused countless minorities especially in Africa. And "bro" isn't gender neutral. Nice try though.
I'm just accepting the end of humanity is within 100 years. It is sad but I have no power. I do what I can but it won't matter in the long run.
Exactly.
Not going to happen. They have being predicting the end of the world from global cooling... i mean global warming... i mean climate change for 50 or 60 years and they get it wrong every time.
I'm expecting it within the next 10 years
Regrettably, humanity will be fine. Enough sociopaths and the rich will quash their way to the top of the dog pile of the last habitable parts of the planet and inbreed more cruelty and antisocial tendencies into the gene pool while the earth cools from a 95% reduction in the human population, and then they'll do it all over again, only worse.
@@darksideblues135 the old global cooling canard? That was suggested by two scientists in the 70's who's work was eviscerated in peer review and was only picked up by one article in a paper with no scientific credibility and soundly and immediately debunked. Global cooling was never the scientific consensus and never put forward as a realistic possibility by anyone but those two hacks.
When you suggest otherwise I can only assume you're deliberately lying.
Also climate change is occurring as predicted by many models. Including models created by scientists employed by fossil fuel companies decades ago. Models who's studies they suppressed for decades. You're a complete fool.
"Were going to have to turn to, The Politicians!"
Well it was a nice planet while it lasted.
We will be fine.
Yep, just like those mask that were going to save everyone 🤣🤣🤣
0:15 "...and like with most things, it's up to the lawyers to save the day."
Rather, it is up to scientists, engineers, technicians, trades people, and policy experts to do the bulk of the work with lawyers over-emphasizing their importance in merely settling disputes. While I applaud the efforts of those ethical law professionals that have supported action on this front, particularly those supporting the teen group suing the USA government, let's be honest about this profession's support role among the wide tapestry of professionals required to save the day, or salvage the day at this point.
"Your eyes may be glazing with boredom because this is a side skirmish in a bigger battle"
No, they're glazing over because we're talking about America punting and deadlocking and being *utterly and completely useless* as a country or as a government.
Low key appreciating that Bill Gates and his associates have noticed you. Given recent events in Texas, I am hoping lawyers can sue the pants off ERCOT and get them to regulate!
Bill Gates said if we do really well with vaccines, we can reduce the world’s population by 15 percent.
Bill Gates has been kicked out of India and other African nations for killing people there with vaccines.
Bill Gates continues to fly around in private jets.
Bill Gates has done nothing.
So the fact that that eugenist noticed this guy, shows that Legal Eagle is a hack.
@@darksideblues135 Great, more misinformation and conspiracies theory that you're trying to spread. Too bad you suck even at that...
ERCOT isn't a regulatory body it only manages the powergrid do not let the Republicans in the Texas legislature get away with pushing the blame of their failure onto ERCOT
The situation in Texas shows that the corporations shouldn't be allowed to set the rules. Politicians (that are not on the take!) should be setting the rules.
The trick is finding pols that aren't on the take, then getting them in those positions. Remember, "An honest politician is one who stays bought."
like the rule tha 25% needs to be clean energy which caused massive blackouts? 2011 when they had cold weather like now they still had electricity. back then they also did not rely so much on wind turbines
lol
"extremely high functioning senate and house of representatives"
Call me crazy, but I think there might have been just a touch of sarcasm in that comment
@@14gears55 He called them autistics
@@14gears55 No, that went past sarcastic to sardonic - quite a distance, I might add.
I wish you had posted this last semester when I was taking environmental law... Thanks for the deep dive!
Fun fact: california was the first state with a solar mandate. Most newly built buidlings (commercial & residential) will be required to supply a portion of their own power. 2019 CA building code Title 24 part 6 subchapter 2 section 110.10
Solar mandate is a piece of shit legislation.
@@MrFujinko
Why?
@@FauxFoxPaw If i had to summarize it: its imoral to force someone to buy something.
An argument could be made to force me to buy a car with catalytic converter to reduce my impact on polution.
But there are lots of other problems. Where to store all the energy? What if someone doesnt have the capital to pay for a house with solar?
We could store it in a centralized location, but then who would pay for it?
It looks like a clean solution, but its an invitation to a lot more problems.
A better solution would just be removing taxes on solar, thus creating the incentive for it without the need to force it.
Other thoughts: bureaucracy is inneficient, how the hell is the gov supposed to find out how many power i need or shall need?
@@MrFujinko tacked on to the front end of a 30 year mortgage it makes financial sense to me. They last longer that it takes for them to pay themselves off, and adding the cost of the panels over 30 years is less than $100 extra a month. The law doesn't force someone to retrofit an existing building even as a condition of sale, it's just most new buildings need to be built with solar.
@@mrc-17 He does have a point with the renewable tax thing.
I know a lot of lawyers, they fight for the environment by living in huge houses and driving gas guzzling vehicles, and also they never ever ever give a fuch about anyone other than themselves. Lawyers are the best.
Because most environment legislation is a scam and they know it
It’s sad our government is so ineffective at setting policies that a massive portion of the action to fight climate change has to come from private companies and sectors
Even if it gets set. It'll just get rolled back when a new Republican gets in office. Or, if its another Trump. It'll get rolled back and then a new law gets passed that all rubber and plastics must be burned instead of recycled.
The audio on this one is good! I love the new set up
Unfortunately I believe that there is a significant incentive for those parties already invested in inner city real estate to lobby against removal of zoning laws, simply for their own profiteering purposes. A fair amount of the barriers that stand in the way of effective climate legislation seem to be due to landowners / company boards trying to squeeze as much money out of us as they can.
Legal Question: In Criminal Law, often times the "Victim" is represented by the community at large. District Attorneys officially represent the state or the city or whatever subset of community. So, for environmental law, is it ever possible that the plaintiff would be "The Earth"?
"The Earth" is not by any definition a legal person, so nope.
I'm guessing when you say the 'victim' is represented by the community at large, you mean that the criminal is brought before the court because of a law of society, rather than a civil charge made by the victim. So for this to happen in criminal law, the perpetrator has to violate a criminal law of the state making the action a crime against society, which means that in all criminal cases the case is still about the state and its citizens/jurisdiction, and not the planet as an entirety.
For that you'd need some kind of global criminal law, only then would a 'crime against the planet' make sense, but then you'd still be talking about its inhabitants and not the object 'Earth'.
Not a lawyer and just going out on a limb here, but... I'll bet most national courts would claim that either the court doesn't have jurisdiction, or that the litigants don't have standing, or both. If we had a functional world court instead of the various "non-binding" clownshow courts, it seems like your idea would hold water. If the Planetary Prosecutor is bringing a case in the Earth Supreme Court, then it seems like it should be "The People Of Earth vs. Defendant" like any smaller jurisdiction does.
@@Melesniannon It is starting to become. Google "rights of nature", there's an article on wikipedia with a list of countries that have made nature a legal person with rights, eg the right to exist and not be endangered. There's even a push to make the UN ratfy a decleration of the rights of Mother Earth.
@@majacovic5141 Interesting, thanks. While I don't agree with the concept itself, from a utilitarian perspective I still like the idea.
I'm less impressed with the UN resolution than actual laws in actual countries. The UN is a diplomatic institution, not a legal one. It has no binding power whatsoever, see the dismal state of human rights all over the world.
@@Melesniannon I mean if corporations can be legal persons, why not. Agree on law vs UN.
"Brought to you in partnership with Bill Gates."
Me: wat
Me too
As corrupt as it gets
@@elgatofelix8917 oh shoot here we go again
@@elgatofelix8917 Oh no, Bill Gates tricked us and we made the world a better and more stable place for everyone for nothing.
Anybody who has been on this ride in the 90s knows how he does - spends millions to hide his making billions. And I'm not talking crackpot conspiracy theories, but his actual dealings between Oxford, AstraZenica, and his Foundation. I guess the best way to hide the plutonium is under a thick layer of manure, lightly covered by a tarp.
Hey legal Eagle. I just wanted to say thank you so much for doing a video on this topic.! This is the first time I’ve ever left a comment on any of your videos but I felt like I needed to let you know how much I appreciate you shedding a voice on this issue.
Next year I will actually begin law school at your alma mater with a focus on environmental law. I have a multiple degrees in environmental studies and the more I learned about what was happening the more I realized that the law and legal processes was how I wanted to enact change. Your channel has also been a factor in my decision to go to law school. Most every lawyer I talk to says “don’t do it” but you have a different view. I appreciate that! Thanks for doing what you do, and go bruins!
“When a law has to change, who you gonna call?”
Me: Legislators?
LegalEagle : “lawyers”
Dane here: even though we (the people) want the government to actually follow those climate change goals to avoid disaster, the politicians don't actually follow it at the moment. A recent report strongly critizises the current lack of progress towards a greener tomorrow.
I really wanted him to say "Who are you gonna call? Saul Goodman
"
I wouldn’t trust him with this. I barely trust him with a fork!
Oh, he was serious about the Bill Gates thing. I did not expect that.
Lawyers will definitely have a hand in solving climate change. Just usually in opposition, being paid torpedo and stall solutions.
2:05 - Chapter 1 - European lawsuits
3:00 - Chapter 2 - Supreme court
5:40 - Chapter 3 - But what about international law ?
8:10 - Chapter 4 - What laws should america pursue ?
10:05 - Chapter 5 - Cap n trade
10:40 - Chapter 6 - Is cap n trade constitutional ?
11:25 - Chapter 7 - Eliminate zoning restrictions
Gonna make a video about how lawyers got us into this mess in the first place?
How to get any change in the USA:
1. Become super rich
2. Contribute to politicians campaigns
3. Demand changes("return on your investment")
although for the most part in America you would have to add another bullet point to the front and say become a politician.
"America, land of the lawsuit!"
-Steve Dallas
ACK! Phhtttppptttt!
I love Bloom County!
You say that, but there was a point in England where people learned how to read and write latin just so they could sue one another.
THANK YOU! WE DESPERATELY NEED lawyers and EVERYONE to act on climate change!
Glad us engineers can count on the lawyers to work together on climate change. Working with storm intensity data I can confirm that comment about storm frequency increasing.
If you are looking for a way to help the environment you can use ecosia they are a search engine that plants trees
I too use Ecosia and highly recommend it, but as you know there are sadly a million more things we need to finally do to actually fight the damage we are so blithely and infuriatingly inflicting ... Be well and keep up the good fight!
@@BJones-yw4dd please spread the word
Most of the talented lawyers are on the other side. The Koch brothers pay well. Exxon pays well. Denmark is not a major economic power.
There are way more lawyers working for the companies doing the pollution.
Meanwhile Australians can just put their Superannuation (401k) into companies that invest in solar and wind farms
In Wisconsin, there's actually a hefty fee on your yearly vehicle registration if you own a hybrid (or, I assume, a fully electric) because you aren't paying as much in gas taxes as people with fully gasoline-powered vehicles. Incentive to be less environmentally friendly!
Yes fully electric as well. I'm in a different state but they call it a "road tax". I call them aholes.
When you live in CA but only Australia's fires are mentioned...
Can you do a video about the animal agriculture industry and how they are linked to climate change also how they are a steadily declining industry yet they get bailed out constantly by government with subsidies, and how 80-90% of the rainforest destruction is directly caused by clear cutting for cattle raising and the monocroping for feed crops
If our politicians wanted, they could make significant changes but they just don't seem to really feel like it
Too busy trying to hold coups while they themselves are in charge.
climate change has been much more devastating in some regions. This winter it didn't snow in the city I live, but I remember when I was a kid the snow was like 30 to 50 centimeters in the City and much more in rural areas. Right now because of the lack of snow, many rivers and springs have been drying and many are now gone.
Although on that note, I reckon companies will try to use lawyers to protect themselves from reform. Like cigarette companies etc.
Let's face it - Unless we tackle extreme consumerism somehow, we're unlikely to change much. We can only do so much when it comes to trying to support our current consumer culture with green energy and less waste.
Objection: more star wars™ references are required in your videos
Reddit moment
I'm at the point where I feel calling a climate denier a moron isn't an ad hominem attack- it's just the truth.
Someone should have told The Greatest Donald Of All Time that his estates and golf courses at the coast won´t fare well if the sea level rises...
Shhh, don't spoil the surprise!
He knows that and he's been doing sea level rise mitigation work on all of his properties. He 100% believes in climate change. He just lies for profit.
He would just sell them shortly beforehand and buy the ones where the new coastline would end up being. Wait, wasn’t that what Lex Luthor did in the old Superman movie?
@@jayspeidell I don't believe you.
@@oldreaddy3341
The permit applications are public and present global warning and rising sea levels as an argument in favor of approving the permits.
2:10 You mention that the UK Court of Appeal said the Heathrow Airport expansion was unlawful because it didn't take the Paris Agreement into account. The UK Supreme Court has overturned that decision in December 2020, unfortunately.
What if the slow hand of justice is not quick enough for a rapidly deteriorating climate?
Historically what usually happens when a nation attempts rapid change
As a question, do you buy anything imported from Asia? The cargo ships that carry everything across the pacific produce more greenhouse gases than all the cars in North America.
One of the few good things about the pandemic is that many of the older ships are being scrapped, but the collosal fuel hogs are still going.
@@braith117 I'm not sure if I do or not. There is no easy way to know for sure where your stuff comes from
´´rapidly deteriorating climate?´´ what are u talking about? for the past 50 years people have said: we only have 10 years left before we all die!!!RREEEEE
and somehow we are still here and nothing has happend since this whole climate theater has started
@@Karlkarlssonn The authoritarian-left tends to leave when confronted with a halfway logical argument so don't expect a reply from them. Environmentalism provides the commies with a good excuse to take away everybody's stuff as less private property means less waste and dead people don't use any resources at all. Ofcourse the late soviet union had one of the worst environmental records of any country and thus shouldn't be used as a model. the soviets also killed people thats bad i guess
YES. I work at a civil clinic in SF and by god the housing market is SUCH a fundamental issue to everything else we have to face.
I misread the title and thought it said "Hot Lawyers Fight Climate Change". It technically wouldn't have been incorrect.
I like it when hot lawyers get down to their legal briefs.
Simps ☝☝
@@elgatofelix8917 So?
Would love to see @LegalEagle react to the lawyering of Rolo Lampkin in Battlestar Galactica. Make it so!
After hearing what is happening with the permafrost I honestly think we are already past the point of no return. The only thing that can save humanity now is the engine eternal.
Was not expecting that Atlantis joke at the beginning, i nearly choked!
... Huh, if i did choke, could i sue?
Oh? That wasn't a joke. New Atlantis won't be remembered as some tiny island, but some major American city.
Miami or New Orleans ... which one will be the first to get submerged under the waves?
www.businessinsider.com/cities-that-will-be-underwater-because-of-climate-change-2015-10
@@AvangionQ I mean, the mythic Atlantis was roughly the size of Texas, so i wouldn't call it tiny... But i get your point
Thank you for using your Law-based superpowers for good, LegalEagle!
I wanna note this channel is actually doing what it set out to do, I was in class and we talked about NAGPRA, they Native American Grave Protection and Reperations Act, and it made sense.
You need help from lawyers, and the lawyers need to be environmentally conscious, then they need help from politicians, and then in turn they need to be environmentally conscious.... and you really need USA and China to lower emissions, then it really means, slow down growth and suffer, of course every step is one big impossible mission. Shit, the earth is clearly doomed.
I object to the statement, "lawyers or ... normal people"
Defamation! Or hearsay, or something...
9:50, just for clarification that's not even close to good enough at this point.
Please do a segment on “natural personhood”, which is environmental lawyers’ answer to “corporate personhood” - aka the ability to sue on behalf of natural landscapes, which are individual entities with protected rights. New Zealand and several other jurisdictions have successfully used this tactic to fight climate change. It’s time to think outside the box and change people’s thinking when it comes to nature.
Norway: electric cars only
Also Norway: *provides 25% of the oil the EU consumes, taxes it to provide subsidies for electric cars*
Your point being?
@@doomse150 Norway is doing it right
@@doomse150 It's easy to fund electric cars by selling oil to other countries to burn. It's why Saudi Arabia has so much green energy, too. Great for the air quality in your own country, not so great for stopping climate change.
@@oasntet But there's nothing wrong with doing it. As long as the rest of Europe relies on it, it's necessary that they sell it. It doesn't make sense to blame the supplier for there being demand
Alternatively New York and California can make policies that, due to their population, force manufacturers to adhere to. They don't need to wait on the fed to adopt anything due to lowest common denominator.
Meanwhile accountants are pushing their clients to use on site solar with panels on the roof of factories - so grid power consumption decreases. Good for the environment and its cheaper in the long run. South Africa has a nice tax incentive on photovoltaic solar generation.
A lot of the measures outlined are focused on emissions produced by individuals, which is vital. But what about industrial and service related emissions? Major greenhouse gas emitters such as airlines and manufacturing?
Hey you know what you should do a real lawyer reacts to. Ahsoka Tano’s trial at the end of the 5th season of Star Wars the clone wars.
What trial?
That was a gross miscarriage of justice and character assasination.
@@SonsOfLorgar Are we talking about the say episodes?
While I've always known that laws and lawmakers do play a big role in climate change, it was great to hear in more detail as to how they play their part (or what prevents them from making a difference).
Now you're just patting yourself on the back.
Imagine a world without lawyers.
It was called the wild west and was extremely violent.
@@Wokenstein Sounds free.
@@madcat789 and that sounds like what a psicopath would say.
@@madcat789 ahhh yes, and the ghost bois were a big problem back then (if you know what I mean) the accused could hardly defend themselves and were rarely ever given a fair trial and the list of other positive things like that just goes on.
@@madcat789 Yep, free to become completely base and immoral or become the victim of someone who was.
As an Australian... Yeah, Tuvalu should definitely sue us. Australia is woefully behind basically every other country in this area. It’s honestly shameful.
Idk why, but legal eagle gives me Ryan Reynolds vibes
It might just be cos he's a handsome older guy who looks great in a suit
Never noticed it, but now you mention it, I totally know what you mean.