The following article by Natasha Geiling was posted on the ThinkProgress website February 5, 2018:
The youth climate lawsuit against the Trump administration was supposed to start today.
If Jacob Lebel were to be in district court today, as originally planned, he would want people to know that every action has a reaction.
“When you take an action or vote for somebody, that translates to killing the Barrier Reef or killing-off ecosystems or affecting some of our natural resources that we depend on,” said Lebel, a 20-year-old student who is a part of an unprecedented move to take the federal government to court over climate. “That is like killing an organ in our collective body. That has real impacts on people.” Continue reading “Young people suing the Trump administration over climate change won’t stop until they get a trial”