“They Knew” - a damning new expose by James Gustave Speth, an inescapable indictment of the federal government’s responsibility for the climate crisis

In a damning new expose, James Gustave Speth - former Chair of the U.S. Council on Environmental Quality during the Carter Administration and an expert witness in Juliana v. U.S. - proves that presidential administrations from Carter to Trump possessed conclusive data on the apocalyptic approach of a climate crisis caused by fossil fuels - but still chose to ignore that data for decades and increase the aggressive promotion and support of a fossil fuel-based energy system.

In this new book, Speth outlines in clear, compelling prose what the Juliana youth plaintiffs and Speth’s fellow experts have been affirming for years: The federal government has known its actions are causing and will continue to cause the climate crisis. 

With a foreword by Juliana attorneys Julia Olson and Philip Gregory, and using rigorous documentation via original source material - identified through extensive research of the public record as well as Speth’s first-hand knowledge as a member of President Carter’s administration - “They Knew” presents an inescapable indictment of the federal government’s responsibility for the climate crisis, both in the past and continuing today.