The young and the restless: Kids sue government over climate change

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  1. robert l. bentham Well-Known Member

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    As the U.S. delegation drags its feetat the climate talks in Durban, South Africa, this week, a pack of kids back home is trying to force the old folks into action, the American way: They're suing the bastards.
    In May, a group of young people, led by 17-year-old Alec Loorz (founder ofKids vs. Global Warming), filed 10 lawsuits, one against the federal government and the others against individual states, to compel the government to take action on climate change.
    "The generations before us ... just kind of thought of the world as limitless," said Glori Dei Filippone, 13, a plaintiff in the case who hails from Des Moines, Iowa. "My generation and the one after it are going to have to work hard to fix this mess."
    http://www.grist.org/climate-change...estless-kids-sue-government-over-climate-chan
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    It makes me sad to see the amount of brainwashing our youth must deal with:(
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