In this installment of Leonard Lopate at Large on WBAI 99.5FM, Ted Hamilton, co-founder, and staff attorney at the Climate Defense Project, a legal organization fighting for a stable planet for present and future generations, discusses the legal system’s complicity in the climate crisis. In his new book Beyond Fossil Law, Hamilton exposes how judges, police, and prosecutors enforce the dominance of the fossil fuel industry.
In his groundbreaking new book, Hamilton shares the stories of the activists fighting back in the streets and courtrooms worldwide—from the Valve Turners in the United States to the Rights of Nature movement in Latin America.