Alaska Inter-Tribal Council, Council of Athabascan Tribal Governments, and Resisting Environmental Destruction on Indigenous Lands
Amici Curiae
Frances M. Raskin, Counsel of Record The Alaska Inter-Tribal Council, Councilof Athabascan Tribal Governments, and Resisting Environmental Destruction onIndigenous Lands representtribal peoples who live in the Arctic region. Frances M. Raskin is a staffattorney for Trustees for Alaska. Prior to becoming a lawyer, she spent eightyears as an environmental journalist. She received her law degree fromGeorgetown University in 1999. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for the Petitioners as submitted tothe U.S. Supreme Court on August 31, 2006. By failing toheed the scientific consensus that climate change is occurring at anunprecedented rate, the Environmental Protection Agency…
