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Victory for America’s Youth: Federal Judge Rules Climate Lawsuit Can Proceed

Victory for America’s Youth: Federal Judge Rules Climate Lawsuit Can Proceed

The federal court in Eugene, Oregon decided in favor of 21 youth plaintiffs on Thursday, in their “groundbreaking” constitutional climate lawsuit against President Obama, numerous federal agencies and the fossil fuel industry. U.S. District Court Judge Ann Aiken rejected all arguments to dismiss raised by the federal government and fossil fuel industry, determining that the […]

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    Victory for America’s Youth: Federal Judge Rules Climate Lawsuit Can Proceed

    Victory for America’s Youth: Federal Judge Rules Climate Lawsuit Can Proceed

    The federal court in Eugene, Oregon decided in favor of 21 youth plaintiffs on Thursday, in their “groundbreaking” constitutional climate lawsuit against President Obama, numerous federal agencies and the fossil fuel industry. U.S. District Court Judge Ann Aiken rejected all arguments to dismiss raised by the federal government and fossil fuel industry, determining that the […]

    0-3: Future Generations Lose Again at Third Presidential Debate

    0-3: Future Generations Lose Again at Third Presidential Debate

    Debate moderator Chris Wallace failed to ask a question on climate change or energy policy in the final presidential debate. Presidential #debate ignores climate change … again https://t.co/oUphFlrLLK via @HuffingtonPost pic.twitter.com/LaMvVJFzEP — Climate Nexus (@ClimateNexus) October 20, 2016 The issue got two seconds of airtime when Hillary Clinton mentioned her plan for new clean energy […]

    Bill McKibben: The Question I Get Asked the Most

    Bill McKibben: The Question I Get Asked the Most

    The questions come after talks, on twitter, in the days’ incoming tide of email—sometimes even in old-fashioned letters that arrive in envelopes. The most common one by far is also the simplest: What can I do? I bet I’ve been asked it 10,000 times by now and—like a climate scientist predicting the temperature—I’m pretty sure […]

    10 Most Profound Passages From ‘Let My People Go Surfing’

    10 Most Profound Passages From ‘Let My People Go Surfing’

    Ten years after its original publication, Patagonia’s founder, Yvon Chouinard, has revised and expanded his beloved book Let My People Go Surfing—”the philosophical manual for the employees of Patagonia.” I read Chouinard’s original book nearly a decade ago and was fortunate to get him to sign my treasured copy in 2013 when he was in […]