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Young Wisconsinites Claim Constitutional Right to Clean Environment
Published 2 months, 1 week ago
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In recognition of the urgency of the climate crisis, groups of young people around the country are taking their concerns to court. In places like Montana and Hawaii, they’re winning lawsuits and forcing states to address greenhouse gas emissions and more. In late August, fifteen youth in Wisconsin filed a lawsuit against the Wisconsin Public Service Commission and the state legislature. To talk about their lawsuit and others like it, host Douglas Haynes is joined by two lawyers helping the youth bring their case to court, Tony Wilkin Gibart of Midwest Environmental Advocates and Joanna Zeigler of Our Children’s Trust.
Featured image of skiers in the American Birkebeiner in 2009 via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0).