A group of 18 California children – ranging in ages from 8 to 17 – has filed a new constitutional climate case in federal court against the US Environmental Protection Agency, alleging it has harmed children's health and welfare over decades.
The case, Genesis B. v. United States Environmental Protection Agency, alleges the EPA "intentionally allows" planet warming pollution to come from the sources it regulates, such as vehicles and heavy-duty trucks, power plants, and oil and gas wells. It follows the first constitutional climate case in the US, which youth plaintiffs successfully tried in Montana earlier this year.
The case further alleges the agency allows this pollution "despite knowing the harm it causes to children's health and welfare." The case was filed Sunday night in US District Court in the Central District of California.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/11/politics/california-children-epa-federal-court/index.html
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