Kids angry that they will “bear the brunt of global warming” have taken up suing the government in order to force action on climate change. Specifically, “that government at every level has an obligation to protect natural resources, including the atmosphere, as a ‘public trust’ for future generations.”The Oregon-based nonprofit Our Children’s Trust has been leading efforts to file lawsuits or administrative petitions in every state and against the federal government. Some of the youth-led cases have been dismissed, while others are pending in states including Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Oregon.
They haven’t had much success. “None of them have gotten to the finish line,” said Michael Gerrard, a professor and director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia University. “It’s an uphill climb. The U.S. courts have so far not wanted to set climate policy.”
One such example is in Washington state. “In Seattle, eight activists between ages 10 and 15 petitioned Washington state last year to adopt stricter science-based regulations to protect them against climate change. The case has been moving through a state court, and oral arguments are scheduled Tuesday.”
“We’re the ones who have to live with it if the oceans are acidic and the planet is 5 degrees warmer,” said Gabriel Mandell, 13, an eighth-grader and plaintiff in the case. “The snowpack is melting. Ocean is acidifying. The Earth is warming. Everything that can go wrong is going wrong, and we need to fix it.”
Oh good grief.
Per my first post of the day today, this is how the enemy fights. They are willing to corrode the minds and souls of 13-year-olds in this manner.
What's the plan for defeating that?
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