Dear friends,
One
lawsuit could stop Trump wrecking our planet. And here’s
the kicker --
it’s a case brought by 21
children!Yup, after years of battling motions to
dismiss their case, a US court ruled that 21 young people
suing the US government have a constitutional right to a safe
climate.
Now, a Federal court will hear their case against
the President!If they win, Trump will be forced to
rein in the fossil fuel industry!
This case could change
everything.But these are just children. They’ve
got a tiny team of great attorneys but don’t have the funds to
fight Trump and the oil industry's fire with fire. So they’ve
called on us for help.
Our community has a unique
power to raise the funds to back them before they are due in
court, and then take the fight global to other courts and
countries. These courageous children and their case could be
our last,
best chance to stop Trump’s war on our planet.
Chip in just a small amount now, and we can support them
and campaign for a safe future --
Trump
just declared he is pulling out of the Paris Global Climate
Deal. He and his fossil fuel buddies are doing everything
they can to block climate action. But they can't buy the
judges. US judges were the only way to stop Trump’s travel
bans. Now the courts could force his hand on climate.
Legal action is already working. Two years ago, Dutch
citizens took their government to court, demanding it cut
carbon pollution according to science, and they won the
biggest climate case in history. And
the most exciting
thing is a legal ruling has a butterfly effect -- one case
can create a precedent. We could not only take on Trump, we
can then move all our governments from words to action,
faster.
The US lawsuit, Juliana et al v. United States,
was brought by young people aged 9 to 21 and a group of
powerful advocates at Our Children’s Trust. The funds are to
support the best legal minds to build the case, collect
evidence, make these planetary heroes famous all over the
world, campaign and back legal cases worldwide to confront
climate obstruction, and even just to pay so all the 21
children and their families can be in court to make their
case.
2016 was the hottest year, by far, in recorded
history. Our climate is delicate, unstable -- the last ice
age hit us in just 6 months. It may sound far fetched but
these incredible children actually could hold all our futures
in their hands. Click to chip in:
Our
community can do this like no one else. We changed the
game with the People's Climate Marches and fought for the
Paris climate agreement that laid out the path to a 100% clean
future. Now let’s rise again, to back this David vs Goliath
fight, to help save the future for all our people.
With
hope and determination,
Alice, Danny, Nick, Camille, Spyro
and the whole team at Avaaz
More
information:
The Kids Suing the Government Over Climate
Change Are Our Best Hope Now (Slate)
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2016/11/the_kids_lawsuit_over_climate_change_is_our_best_hope_now.htmlMeet
the kids suing the US government for ruining the earth for
future generations (Business Insider)
http://www.businessinsider.com/kids-suing-government-for-climate-change-2016-11?IR=TAfter
Obama, Trump May Face Children Suing Over Global Warming
(Bloomberg)
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-11-11/after-obama-trump-may-face-children-suing-over-global-warmingLandmark
U.S. Federal Climate Lawsuit (Our Children’s Trust)
https://www.ourchildrenstrust.org/us/federal-lawsuit/