Climate change threatens us all, but it threatens future generations disproportionately. A set of youth plaintiffs have sued the federal government for failing to mitigate climate change over the past five decades despite its awareness of the harms and dangers of climate instability. Judge Ann Aiken of the US District Court in Eugene Oregon just rejected the Obama administration's move to dismiss the suit. The Obama administration should settle the lawsuit promptly and thoroughly before January 20, 2017, thereby engaging the courts to defend climate mitigation policy and legislation from the President-elect's climate denial.
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