An Interview with Andrew Kimbrell on Natural Law

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Andrew Kimbrell, interviewed by Kenyan lawyer and activist, Ng'anga Thiong'o', discusses the inability of current law in the United States and elsewhere to appropriately deal with the environmental crises the globe now faces. He argues that several major legal concepts need to be implemented in order for the law to become relevant to climate change, one of the most important issues of our time.

Interview held at Gaia House, Hampstead, London, Monday, 24th September 2007

Nature’s Law: Reinventing Environmental Jurisprudence for the 21st Century, with Andrew Kimbrell

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The New York Times called it “the most important environmental case in U.S. history.”  The case,  Mass v. EPA, challenged the Bush Administration’s policy of refusing to regulate global warming gases. Attorney Andrew Kimbrell, along with his legal partner Joseph Mendelson, devised the law suit and fought at the agency and lower court level for several years until finally achieving victory at the Supreme Court. He describes how the case developed, the legal strategy behind it and the at times dramatic interaction with both the Clinton Administration and the Bush Administration as the case proceeded.  

Andrew Kimbrell is a public interest attorney, activist and author. He has been involved in public interest legal activity in numerous areas of technology, human health and the environment. After working for eight years as the Policy Director at the Foundation for Economic Trends, Kimbrell established the International Centre for Technology Assessment (CTA) in 1994 and the Center for Food Safety (CFS) in 1997. Kimbrell has written several books, given numerous public lectures on a variety of issues, and has been featured on radio and television programs across the United States.

Gaia Evening held in association with UK Environmental Law Association (UKELA) and Environmental Law Foundation (ELF) at Burgh House, Hampstead, London, Thursday, 18 September 2007.

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