Trusting the Process: A Progress Report on Our Children’s Trust
For many, the landmark case filed in US district court back in 2015 called Juliana Vs. the United States, was at best the longest of longshots to try and force the government to change policy on climate change, and at worst, a frivolous lawsuit.
And many wrote the entire thing off as a publicity stunt and long ago forgot the whole thing.
But the case never went away. Sure, it’s had its challenges and setbacks, but, despite long odds, the case and the organization that supports it – Eugene’s Our Children’s Trust is still going strong and actually notching significant leader victories.
Today, on Oregon on the Record, we check back with Our Children’s trust Executive Director and chief Legal Counsel, Julia Olson, and hear about how the original case and the one’s it inspired are doing in state and federal courts. Many of the original plaintiffs have grown from kids to young adults, but they’ve never lost their passion to advocate on behalf of the planet they will inherent.
Link: Our Children’s Trust
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