Quote of the Week - "Our nation’s founders elected not to restrict the Constitution’s fundamental guarantees to just one generation. Instead, they aimed to “establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity.” They took account of future generations by establishing an enduring guide to those principles most relevant to our nation’s fundamental challenges, including those arising centuries after the Constitution’s signing. Our nation’s outsized role in causing dangerous climate change presents such a fundamental problem.
The constitutional right to a healthier climate, Op-ed by James E Hansen, Boston Globe, Mar 9, 2016
Read original article at 2016 SkS Weekly Digest #11
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