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A Very Civil Justice Earth Day

By Joe Consumer

It?s the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day, and we thought of no better way to celebrate than to remind folks of the Center for Justice & Democracy's great booklet, ?How The Civil Justice System Protects Environmental Health.?  To quote:

America's civil justice system allows people who have suffered harm from pollution to confront the polluter in court. There, the person who has been harmed can seek to hold the polluter directly accountable, under long-standing principles of fairness and justice.  Certain corporations have lobbied government to limit or deny the right of ordinary people to take such action, and some rights under the civil justice system have already been impaired.  This is not in the public interest. To protect public health and environmental quality, people's rights under America's civil justice system must be maintained.

It?s a good read, and there's more where that came from.  Happy Earth Day!

Full post as published by ThePopTort on April 22, 2010 (boomark / email).