ALASKA SUED BY COLLEGE FRESHMAN OVER CLIMATE CHANGE. 'Alaska’s high court became the first state supreme court in the country to hear an appeal in one of more than a dozen climate change lawsuits. The lawsuits pit young people against their states. The plaintiffs claim the state has an obligation to protect the atmosphere from excessive carbon emissions.' 'In the lawsuit, (college freshman) Kanuk argues the state has a responsibility to protect the atmosphere from excessive carbon emissions because the atmosphere is a public trust that it is required to preserve. The state argued Kanuk has no standing; the issue of climate change is political and should be addressed by lawmakers; and the atmosphere is not a public trust the state is required to protect.' College Student Sues Alaska Over Climate Change thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/10/04/2726421/student-sue-alaska-climate-change/ Can a college freshman force state action on climate change? ktoo.org/2013/10/01/supreme-court-to-hear-climate-change-case-in-barrow/ Michael Horan, Peter Vickery, is there a case for this in Massachusetts? (Pun intended)
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