Explore new interpretations of classic land ethics, multiple cases of climate action and land sovereignty and witness how past generations reacted to the changing climate. Scholars from across the College of Letters and Science provide insight into how human action and inaction has influenced the natural environment around us.

In The Small Matter of Suing Chevron, Suzana Sawyer chronicles the decades-long litigation process surrounding a 2011 judgment by an Ecuadorian court that held Chevron liable for $9.5 billion in damages for environmental contamination in the Ecuadorian Amazon.