Discussions Questions
1. Atmospheric Trust Litigation What is Atmospheric Trust Litigation? How is this similar to a financial trust where a lawyer watches over an older persons assets until they are transferred to their beneficiaries when they die. Is it legal for the lawyers to spend the money in the trust?
2. Ownership Under this reasoning – does the government “own” the atmosphere? Or is it the natural resource heritage of this and all future generations?
3. Responsibility So the atmosphere and all the natural resources on Earth actually do not belong to the governments! Instead, these resources have been entrusted to the governments to protect so they are available to you, your children, your grandchildren and generations yet to come. How does this make you feel about developed nations destroying your resources? Grading Criteria Atmospheric Trust Litigation (3 pts possible) Ownership (2 pts possible) Responsibility(2 pts possible) Responses to Peers (3 pts possible)