Peaces@infosec.pub to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net · 1 year agoJoe Biden’s DOJ Is Claiming “There Is No Constitutional Right to a Stable Climate”jacobin.comexternal-linkmessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1124arrow-down112cross-posted to: news@hexbear.netnews@lemmy.worldnottheonion@lemmy.world
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minus-squaresome_guy@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·1 year agoMontana’s young people have set a precedent. We can build on this and demand the same on a federal level. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/young-activists-in-montana-win-landmark-climate-change-lawsuit-against-state
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-21 year agoThey built their case around a clause in the state constitution which guarantees the right to a clean and healthful environment. It takes something more to win at the US federal level where there isn’t a clause like that.
Montana’s young people have set a precedent. We can build on this and demand the same on a federal level.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/young-activists-in-montana-win-landmark-climate-change-lawsuit-against-state
They built their case around a clause in the state constitution which guarantees the right to a clean and healthful environment. It takes something more to win at the US federal level where there isn’t a clause like that.