Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Finally: kids getting involved in global climate change politics


Kids in all 50 states have sued the EPA and several federal departments for “failure . . . to confront human-made climate change.”

It’s about time.

The federal suit is now before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D. C. Circuit, and supporting lawsuits have been filed in every state by five teenagers, WildEarth Guardians and Kids vs. Global Warming.


The legal action declares: “The welfare of youth is directly affected by the failure of government to confront human-made climate change, and unless the government acts immediately to rapidly reduce carbon emissions ... youth will face irrevocable harm: the collapse of natural resource systems and a largely uninhabitable nation.”

In part, it’s based on the “public trust” doctrine, which mandates that government must safeguard resources that are necessary for the survival of future generations.

This planet is the only one our grandchildren will have to live on.

Let’s start now to reduce our use of coal, and to reduce the impact of global climate change and global warming.





1 comment:

  1. Sorry you just read the note from Aljazeera. If you read the the decisions you'd see that their pleadings have been thrown out of Court almost summarily. It is these frivolous lawsuits that clog the Courts and uses everyone's tax dollars. The Court's did say it was a noble cause (of course what else would you say to a 12 year old leading a liberal agenda in a liberal court or courts like D.C. and Calif) Interesting reading...thanks.

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