Youth and Climate Change Lawsuit

Tia Hatton and her attorneys spoke about climate change policy, inlcuding a lawsuit filed by 21 American students, aged 9 - 19, suing President Trump over the U.S. government’s climate change policy, which they claim puts their future in jeopardy. Ms. Hatton is a plaintiff in the case. In early February 2017, lawyers for the young plaintiffs went to federal court in Oregon to substitute President Trump for President Obama as the defendant in the lawsuit. They were seeking a court order to require the government to quickly reduce the carbon dioxide emissions that many scientists say drives global warming. close