Status Updates From The Oxford Handbook of Envi...

Science can gather empirical information, measure and explain processes of environmental change [...] But the empirical data it delivers [do not] trigger any form of social action [...] [E]nvironmental problems are perceived [as] violations of social norms [and] are beyond the realm of the natural sciences and technological solutions.

[...] the (negative) duty “to avoid depriving” people, the (positive) duty “to protect from deprivation,” and the (positive) duty “to aid the deprived.” [...] the enjoyment of any right requires not simply negative duties not to harm people but also positive duties too [...]

An individual's duty and right, but not a company's duty and right. We ask individuals to AID while companies CREATE the deprivation!

Freedom is still largely confined to the ability to choose between pre-given commodities offered on the market, and between bureaucratic and ideologically similar political parties [...] Despite our tremendous productive capacity as a species [...], our sense of autonomy remains highly circumscribed. This disjuncture is still maintained by obscuring our needs from ourselves.

Environmental Political Theory and Republicanism by Peter F. Cannavò

Environmental crisis will surely threaten core values and practices of freedom, democracy, and community: a town, or a planet, that is severely impacted by environmental crisis will not be congenial to values of democracy, justice, and civil liberties. Political theorists, not just those who write on environmental topics, need to understand these connections.