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Podcast: Commonwealth Club of California Podcast
Episode: Young People Are Bringing Climate To Court. And Winning.
Description: We’re all feeling the effects of the fossil-fueled climate crisis, but young people will not let this threat to their future go unchallenged. They’re taking it to the courts. In the last year, youth plaintiffs have had notable legal successes in Montana and HawaiÊ»i, challenging that those states were violating their constitutional rights in continuing to burn fossil fuels. In HawaiÊ»i, the ruling compels the state department of transportation to quickly move to a zero-emission system.Â
But the biggest victory may have been outside of the U.S. The small island nation of Vanuatu...