By Dianne Saxe ( August 24, 2020, 2:10 PM EDT) -- A decade ago, when the climate crisis was perceived to threaten only polar bears, future generations and poor countries far away, judges refused to get involved. They saw climate action as a matter of public policy, the exclusive jurisdiction of elected governments. After all, the appropriate role of courts is to interpret and apply law, not to make policy or to allocate budgets....