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The Rule of Five - Making Climate History at the Supreme Court (Hardcover)
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The Rule of Five - Making Climate History at the Supreme Court (Hardcover)
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Winner of the Julia Ward Howe Prize "The gripping story of the most
important environmental law case ever decided by the U.S. Supreme
Court. Richard Lazarus's compelling narrative is enlivened by
colorful characters, a canny dissection of courtroom strategy, and
a case where the stakes are, literally, as big as the world."
-Scott Turow, author of Presumed Innocent When the Supreme Court
announced its ruling in Massachusetts v. EPA, the decision was
immediately hailed as a landmark. But this was the farthest thing
from anyone's mind when Joe Mendelson, an idealistic lawyer working
on a shoestring budget for an environmental organization no one had
heard of, decided to press his quixotic case. In October 1999,
Mendelson hand-delivered a petition to the Environmental Protection
Agency asking it to restrict greenhouse gas emissions from new
cars. The Clean Air Act had authorized the EPA to regulate "any air
pollutant" that could reasonably be anticipated to endanger public
health. But could something as ordinary as carbon dioxide really be
considered a harmful pollutant? And even if the EPA had the
authority to regulate emissions, could it be forced to do so?
Environmentalists urged Mendelson to stand down. Thinking of his
young daughters and determined to fight climate change, he pressed
on-and brought Sierra Club, Greenpeace, NRDC, and twelve state
attorneys general led by Massachusetts to his side. This unlikely
group-they called themselves the Carbon Dioxide Warriors-challenged
the Bush administration and took the EPA to court. The Rule of Five
tells the story of their unexpected triumph. We see how accidents,
infighting, luck, superb lawyering, and the arcane practices of the
Supreme Court collided to produce a legal miracle. An acclaimed
advocate, Richard Lazarus reveals the personal dynamics of the
justices and dramatizes the workings of the Court. The final
ruling, by a razor-thin 5-4 margin, made possible important
environmental safeguards which the Trump administration now seeks
to unravel.
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