Power to the Little People
Maybe we don’t really care if climate change turns the planet into a peeled Ginkgo nut. It’s not our problem, so let’s pay it forward.
But the next generation isn’t buying it and they want their day in court. So a group of 12 to 16 year-olds petitioned Washington state “to find the state Department of Ecology in contempt for failing to adequately protect them and future generations from global warming.” The judge ruled that department was acting in accordance with the timeline of the Clean Air Act, but granted the kids their day in court based on it being a Constitutional right. Well, baby steps.
As the Native American saying goes, “We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.” Read more here.
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