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Nathan Baring of Alaska is part of a group of young activists suing the US, which they say ‘willfully ignored’ dangers of fossil fuels
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Nathan Baring of Alaska is part of a group of young activists suing the US, which they say ‘willfully ignored’ dangers of fossil fuels
A judge last week ruled the young plaintiffs have the right to a clean environment – and experts say this changed the climate litigation landscape
A judge last week ruled the young plaintiffs have the right to a clean environment – and experts say this changed the climate litigation landscape
Nathan Baring (left) with other plaintiffs in Juliana v. United States in 2017. (Our Children’s Trust) By Alessandra Bergamin / Waging Nonviolence In 2015, 21 young Americans, more than half of whom are Black, Indigenous and people of color, began the process of suing the U.S. government. The constitutional climate lawsuit, known as Juliana v. United States, asserts that by creating a national energy system that causes climate change, the executive branch has “violated the youngest generation’s
As the youth-led climate lawsuit Juliana v. United States heads to trial, plaintiff Nathan Baring discusses the important role legal action can play