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Last edited Thu May 10, 2012, 08:32 PM - Edit history (1)
A group of high school kids has decided that our government has been delinquent in protecting their future from the ravages of global warming. They may be too young to vote but that is not stopping these brilliant high schoolers from taking action, that action is taking the US Government to court.
From THE ATLANTIC MOBILE:
"The Ventura, California, teen and four other juvenile plaintiffs want government officials to do more to prevent the risks of climate change -- the dangerous storms, heat waves, rising sea levels, and food-supply disruptions that scientists warn will threaten their generation absent a major turnabout in global energy policy. Specifically, the students are demanding that the U.S. government start reducing national emissions of carbon dioxide by at least six percent per year beginning in 2013.
"I think a lot of young people realize that this is an urgent time, and that we're not going to solve this problem just by riding our bikes more," Loorz said in an interview.
The youth -- represented, pro bono, by the Burlingame, California, law firm of former U.S. Republican congressman Paul "Pete" McCloskey, a co-founder of Earth Day -- filed the suit, Alec L. et. al vs. Lisa P. Jackson, et. al, in May of last year. Defendants include not only Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson but the heads of the Commerce, Interior, Commerce, Defense, Energy, and Agriculture departments. This Friday, U.S. District Court Judge Robert L. Wilkins, an Obama appointee, will hear arguments on the defendants' motion to dismiss the complaint."
More at:
http://m.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/05/an-inconvenient-lawsuit-teenagers-take-global-warming-to-the-courts/256903/
edited to add link for further background info:
http://kids-vs-global-warming.com/Home.html
Uncle Joe
(58,112 posts)Thanks for the thread, chknltl.
KurtNYC
(14,549 posts)chknltl
(10,558 posts)I think your link is super relevant and needs to be added to the OP. Thanks again.
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KurtNYC
(14,549 posts)than we will. I saw Alec's organization at a green building conference 4 years ago.
2 years ago Alec spoke at the U.N. and now this...