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.
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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