Twenty-one youth activists will face off with the US government in an Oregon courthouse on Tuesday, where their attorneys will petition a panel of judges to let their climate case go to trial. Their previously scheduled trial was abruptly halted in October 2018 after the government successfully petitioned the supreme court for review. The key determination ahead, essentially, is whether kids get a trial over climate breakdown. The youth plaintiffs are media regulars, with seemingly ubiquitous appeal: teen magazines, local newspapers, radio shows and recent appearances on 60 Minutes and in Vanity Fair. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Youth climate activist Kelsey Juliana.

Source: The Guardian June 04, 2019 09:56 UTC