{"id":31485,"date":"2012-07-25T06:23:27","date_gmt":"2012-07-25T10:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetsave.com\/?p=31485"},"modified":"2012-07-25T06:23:27","modified_gmt":"2012-07-25T10:23:27","slug":"jaime-lynn-bulter-our-childrens-trustthe-state-has-a-sovereign-obligation-over-all-the-earth-and-air-is-within-its-domain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetsave.com\/articles\/jaime-lynn-bulter-our-childrens-trustthe-state-has-a-sovereign-obligation-over-all-the-earth-and-air-is-within-its-domain\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaime Lynn Bulter, Our Children&#039;s Trust: The State Has a Sovereign Obligation Over \u201cAll the Earth and Air\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j1At9cgDBh0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Notice the gentle touch Jaime\u2019s feet make softly tapping and\u00a0gliding over the earth in her video for Our Children\u2019s Trust.<\/p>\n<p>I feel a keen sense that Jaime Lynn Butler is nurturing of the earth as her white-moccasin-covered feet touch, hover, and dance on and above the earth, her native ground, in her hoop dance on this video regarding her lawsuit to the Arizona Court of Appeals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the past we would walk across the desert spring to spring. Now with the changing climate our springs are running dry.\u201d Jaime\u2019s Grandfather, James Peshlakai. Jamie continues to share her life as it was, as it is, and as it will become with worsening conditions of climate change. Her house on the Navajo reservation does not have water due to faltering ecosystems\u00a0that were once sustainable. Global\u00a0warming\u00a0has affected and created fragility of water in this part of the land.<\/p>\n<p>On the preface to Jaime\u2019s video, as well as the videos made by other young activists [state by state], is the clear beginnings to what our forefathers did consider our responsibility:<\/p>\n<h3>The State has a Sovereign Obligation Over \u201cAll the Earth and Air is within its Domain\u201d US Supreme Court (1907). This is called a Public Trust.<\/h3>\n<p>Following are a few lines from Jaime\u2019s appeal: \u201cIn 2009, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (&#8216;EPA&#8217;) found that &#8216;greenhouse gases taken in combination endanger both the public health and the public welfare of current and future generations.&#8217; 74 Fed. Reg. 66,496 (Dec. 15, 2009); IR # 8 at 4 \u00b6 13. The EPA found that &#8216;[t]he evidence points ineluctably to the conclusion that climate change is upon us as a result of greenhouse gas emissions, that climate changes are already occurring that harm our health and welfare, and that the effects will only worsen over time in the absence of regulatory action.&#8217; 74 Fed. Reg. 18,886, 18,904 (April 24, 2009); IR # 8 at 4 \u00b6 13&#8243;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W773ZPJhcVw\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>In America: State by State<\/h3>\n<p>This video and lawsuit are part of an umbrella-like response and approach to rectifying laws regarding climate change across our country. Other young activists are also involved and working towards a reversal of this critical issue. Instead of using up nature till we all suffer, as we are doing now, these activists are intent on healing and helping our country. Their ideology is an old, kind one; it is one of honoring and protecting [for generations to come] the land we and our children&#8217;s children&#8217;s children all depend upon for sustainability. Let\u2019s look to the gentle American Indian for guidance to this critical issue.<\/p>\n<p>For more on Jaime\u2019s offering and activism, and life, please read: \u201cJamie and her mother base their lawsuit on the Public Trust Doctrine, which requires sovereign governments to manage and protect vital natural resources for the common benefit of their citizens. By evoking this doctrine, they are not asking for monetary or punitive damages<strong>. Instead, they are petitioning the court to require the state of Arizona to develop a climate recovery plan that will protect Arizona\u2019s resources for future generations.<\/strong> Former general counsel at the Environmental Protection Agency, Roger Martella, calls the lawsuit a\u00a0remarkable legal action and \u201ccomprehensive strategy&#8230;to encourage this public action to ultimately reduce greenhouse gases.\u201d\u00a0<a title=\"E &amp; E\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eenews.net\/tv\/transcript\/1353\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(E&amp;E TV, May 25, 2011,<\/a> )<\/p>\n<p>Regarding the \u201cAll the Earth and Air is within its Domain\u201d US Supreme Court (1907) ruling:<\/p>\n<p>The strategy is not limited to Arizona. It is part of a larger innovative climate litigation strategy called the Atmospheric Trust Litigation (ATL). As part of this campaign, youth plaintiffs have launched legal actions in 49 states and the District of Columbia, in addition to a federal lawsuit. So far, two courts have expressed willingness to hear out this groundbreaking litigation. Judge Sarah Singleton denied the government\u2019s motion to dismiss in the New Mexico ATL lawsuit and is moving the case forward quickly on the merits to evaluate the public trust obligation and the State of New Mexico\u2019s efforts to protect the atmosphere. Similarly, Judge Gisela Triana of Texas recently held in open court that the atmosphere is a public trust resource.<\/p>\n<p>For more, see:\u00a0<a title=\"Our Children&#039;s Trust\" href=\"http:\/\/ourchildrenstrust.org\/sites\/default\/files\/ATL%20Backgrounder_FINAL_2012_01_18.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Our Children&#8217;s Trust<\/a>, <a title=\"ATL\" href=\"http:\/\/bollier.org\/climate-activisms-daring-new-approach-atmospheric-trust-litigation,\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ATL<\/a>, and\u00a0state-specific info\/videos for: <a title=\"Colorado\" href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/41747411\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Colorado<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Iowa\" href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/ourchildrenstrust\/trust-iowa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iowa<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Alaska\" href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/33921321\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alaska<\/a>, and\u00a0<a title=\"Montana\" href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/32464990\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Montana<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Notice the gentle touch Jaime\u2019s feet make softly tapping and\u00a0gliding over the earth in her video for Our Children\u2019s Trust. I feel a keen sense that Jaime Lynn Butler is nurturing of the earth as her white-moccasin-covered feet touch, hover, and dance on and above the earth, her native ground, in her hoop dance [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,9,21,27,47],"tags":[24130,38852,38856,38857],"spectra_custom_meta":{"_video_thumbnail":["http:\/\/planetsave.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/jaime-lynn-bulter-our-childrens.jpg","http:\/\/planetsave.com\/files\/2012\/07\/015.jpg"],"_rpuplugin_enabled":["yes"],"fb_social_plugin_settings_box_send":["default"],"fb_social_plugin_settings_box_recommendations_bar":["default"],"fb_author_message":[""],"fb_mentioned_pages":["a:0:{}"],"fb_mentioned_pages_message":[""],"fb_mentioned_friends":["a:0:{}"],"fb_mentioned_friends_message":[""],"fb_status_messages":["a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:7:\"message\";s:643:\"Failed posting to your Facebook Timeline. 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