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These teens are suing Oregon to force action on climate change

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Source:     PBS
Publication Date:     April 18, 2015 at 11:58 AM EDT
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Stephan:   I think this is wonderful news and I also think this is a datapoint on the trend I see rapidly developing. We are on the verge of a gestalt change as radical as the 1960s. Millennials, realizing they are the ones who are going to live in climate change world have had enough.

A group of Oregon teenagers have sued state government officials for their negligence in not being more proactive in dealing with climate change. On Tuesday a judge will hear their case, which argues that the failure to reduce emissions below 1990 levels by 2050 as was promised represents a violation of the public trust doctrine. Here is a transcript of an interview with the plaintiffs

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Two Oregon teenagers have filed a lawsuit that claims public resources must be protected for future generations and state officials have violated that doctrine by failing to protect Oregon's air from the impacts of climate change. Pictured, marina docks in Astoria, Oregon, March 29, 2015. Credit: Reuters

Two Oregon teenagers have filed a lawsuit that claims public resources must be protected for future generations and state officials have violated that doctrine by failing to protect Oregon’s air from the impacts of climate change. Pictured, marina docks in Astoria, Oregon, March 29, 2015.
Credit: Reuters

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