National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., Church World Service, and National Catholic Rural Life Conference
Amici Curiae
Fran M. Layton, Counsel of Record The National Council of the Churches ofChrist in the U.S.A., Church World Service, and National Catholic Rural LifeConference are church groupsthat contend there is a moral and religious obligation to combat globalwarming. Fran M. Layton is a partner with the law firm Shute, Mihaly &Weinberger, where she specializes in environmental law. She received her lawdegree from the University of California at Berkeley in 1979. The following isexcerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brieffor the Petitioners as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on August 31, 2006. As a source ofpotentially grievous harm, anthropogenic climate…