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Teens Are Suing The U.S. Government For Not Protecting Future Generations From Climate Change

• http://www.trueactivist.com

Twenty-one teenagers, ages 8 to 19, are suing the Obama Administration and the federal government for their hand in climate change decisions that have negatively impacted Earth and will ruin the planet for future generations.

The teens gathered in Eugene, Oregon and argued their case in a pretrial hearing, where the government and fossil fuel groups asked the presiding Judge Thomas Coffin to throw out the case. After much deliberation, Coffin announced this month that he dismissed the government and groups' requests and approved the case to go to trial.

In his decision, Coffin wrote,

"The nascent nature of these proceedings dictate further development of the record before the court can adjudicate whether any claims or parties should not survive for trial. Accordingly, the court should deny the motions to dismiss."

Julia Olson, executive director of Our Children's Trust, the group behind this and other lawsuits brought forth by young people, said, that this decision was their "biggest hurdle" and called it a "major victory."

Though this is incredible news, it still needs to be reviewed by one more judge before it goes to trial.

The case brought forth by the young adults is complex and well-formed, and their ultimate point is that the government needs to be held accountable for the fact that they discriminated against young and unborn generations to come by not actively standing against climate change. These generations will face the dire effects of rapid, human-driven climate change but they aren't able to vote to protect themselves, so the government has decided for them that they will have this tremendous environmental mess to clean up.



 


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