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High School Students Sue Federal Gov't Over Global Warming
Hugh Pickens writes "Katherine Ellison reports in the Atlantic that a group of high school students is suing the federal government in U.S. District Court claiming the risks of climate change — dangerous storms, heat waves, rising sea levels, and food-supply disruptions — will threaten their generation absent a major turnabout in global energy policy. '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,' says 18-year-old Alec Loorz, one of the plaintiffs represented, pro bono, by the Burlingame, California, law firm of former U.S. Republican congressman Paul 'Pete' McCloskey. While skeptics may view the case as little more than a publicity stunt, its implications have been serious enough to attract the time and resources of major industry leaders." (Read more, below.)
Pickens continues: "Last month, Judge Wilkins granted a motion to intervene in the case by the National Association of Manufacturers who says the plaintiffs lack standing because their injuries are too speculative and not likely to be reduced by the relief sought. 'At issue is whether a small group of individuals and environmental organizations can dictate through private tort litigation the economic, energy, and environmental policies of the entire nation,' wrote NAM spokesman Jeff Ostermeyer. The plaintiffs contend that they have standing to sue under the 'public trust doctrine,' a legal theory that in past years has helped protect waterways and wildlife. While the adults continue their argument, Loorz says kids his age are much more worried about climate change than many of their parents might imagine. "
Instead of peace signs, they now have law degrees.
Is that the "It's the end of the world! We're all going to die!" script or the "Oh, sorry, our predictions were wrong..." one?
Liberty in your lifetime
You're an idiot and are detrimental to your own point. I do believe World War 2 happened before the 1960s.
Sources?
Knowledge = Power
P= W/t
t=Money
Money = Work/Knowledge so the less you know the more you make
Or, as other early settlers of Greenland called him, "Erik The Bastard".
I'm trying to teach myself to set people on fire with my mind... Is it hot in here?
Every time you reach a letter that is supposed to be capitalized, do you flip a coin to decide whether you should?
Oh my the irony!
You can't dismiss reality.
You don't watch Fox News, do you.