The 5Cs

Suing for Change: Can Litigation Save the Planet?

Episode Summary

The series about using the law to make permanent changes continues with this second episode.

Episode Notes

This is the second episode of a four-part series on using the law to make permanent changes with the highly respected environmental justice and human rights lawyer Rebecca Bratspies. (The first episode can be found here.) 

Rebecca is the founding director of the Centre for Urban Environmental Reform, an award winning author, a college professor at the City University of New York School of Law and the go to expert for the fundamental human right to live in a healthy environment. You reach out to Rebecca on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter. 

This episode we uncover:

The Power of Litigation in Environmental Change

Moral Suasion vs. Greenwashing

The Cost of Doing Business and the Environment

How Laws Lead the Way