Children and young people against Obama for climate change: the US President will have to face a lawsuit brought against him by 21 young people between the ages of 8 and 19. Activists have filed an official request with the Oregon District Court to implement a national plan to reduce atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide to 350 ppm by 2100
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Children and young people against Obama for climate changes: the President of the USA will have to face one cause moved against him by 21 young people aged between 8 and 19 years. The activists filed an official request with the Oregon District Court to implement a national plan is preferably used for reduction of atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide to 350 ppm by 2100.
It is not a petition, but one real complaint, presented last August 12 to coincide with International Youth Day, which openly accuses one of the most powerful men in the world and the entire US federal government of taking risks, with malice, “Damage to human life, liberty and property” with a intensive use of fossil fuels.
Second Xiuhtezcatl Tonatiuh Martinez, one of the young signatories of the cause as well as the Youth Director of the Earth Guardian, the federal government has known for decades exactly how fossil fuel pollution is causing the global warming increasing the carbon dioxide present in the atmosphere.
The boy has only 14 years but he is committed to the non-profit association with the aim of encouraging young people to unite to stop the slaughter of our planet. The open accusation of the US government is not alone to do nothing, But say make the situation worse in a conscious way, aggravating the situation with the use of fossil fuels.
The document also highlights the impact that current hazardous emissions will and are already having on young people, reporting individual stories of the signatories to the complaint, who have already faced climate change. Not only therefore i fears for the future, especially for the natural beauties and the recreational potential of the state of Oregon, but also a sad present.
Among all the cases reported also that of Levi Draheim, di 8 years, who lives on an island that separates the Indian River Lagoon from the Atlantic Ocean and who, due to rising sea levels, was forced to accept the potential loss of his home. A testimony of terror, but also of dangerous and unacceptable resignation to man-made disasters.
Young people therefore say No., and raise their heads against the great powers. Because to change the world it takes courage, but also a great desire to live. And who has more of children and young people?
Roberta de carolis
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