Environmental & Energy
Aug. 12, 2020
Après COVID-19, le déluge
The global response to COVID, but particularly in the U.S., reflects a willful disregard of science-based warnings about coming disasters.
Gerald George
Partner
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Email: GeraldGeorge@dwt.com
Gerald is an environmental partner in the firm's San Francisco office. He has practiced environmental law for 30 years, including as head of the U.S. Department of Justice Environmental Enforcement Section field office in San Francisco.
This is not the 2020 anyone expected last New Year's Day. Sure, there were lots of bad things happening in this country, massive income disparities here and globally, and nascent fascism in many parts of the world. At the same time, the domestic and international economy was continuing its upswing from 2009, Stephen Pinker was writing that the world was less violent than ever before in recorded history, and millions, if not billions, of people had moved out of dire po...
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