These teens were fed up seeing the land around them burn, flood, acidify and erode, so they decided to sue the government in 2015. Now, their case might go to trial
for facts-based discussions of the climate crisis, it’s worth noting that past administrations still contributed to policies that perpetuated climate change regardless of partisanship, according to Rodgers.
Instead, the case is “more generally about failure of federal government to sufficiently protect the climate and also its continuing to support the fossil fuel industry through permitting, licensing, and subsidizing the fossil fuel industry in various ways,” Carlson said. A legal victory is critical, however, considering the climate crisis is accompanied by such an urgent time constraint, Rodgers said.
And while young people have been left out of the current systems of power, both Baring and Barrett will be eligible to vote in the presidential election for the first time this year. Both told MTV News that climate-crisis policy will be one of the deciding factors in who earns their votes.
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