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A lawsuit over climate change filed by 21 young Americans has gained the attention of the fossil fuel industry, which is joining the US government to oppose the kids’ demands for sharper pollution cuts.
The plaintiffs say the federal government has known about the danger of carbon emissions since 1965, but has not done enough to stem them.
This lack of action shows that the “federal government has violated the youngest generation’s constitutional rights to life, liberty, property, as well as failed to protect essential public trust resources,” Our Children’s Trust has said. In other words, the government has jeopardized such vital natural resources as the air, seas, coastlines, water and wildlife…
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