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Young People Are Bringing Climate To Court. And Winning.

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Climate One

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4.7583 Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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We’re all feeling the effects of the fossil-fueled climate crisis, but young people will not let this threat to their future go unchallenged. They’re taking it to the courts. In the last year, youth plaintiffs have had notable legal successes in Montana and Hawaiʻi, challenging that those states were violating their constitutional rights in continuing to burn fossil fuels. In Hawaiʻi, the ruling compels the state department of transportation to quickly move to a zero-emission system.  But the biggest victory may have been outside of the U.S. The small island nation of Vanuatu led the charge to ask the International Court for Justice to grant a judgement on the legal obligation of countries to fight climate change. The judgment, released in late July, stated that countries do have a responsibility to address the climate crisis. Beyond their specific claims and remedies, these numerous cases ask: What do we owe our future generations, and how will we make good on those promises? Guests:  Vishal Prasad, Director, Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change  Julia Olson, Co-Executive Director & Chief Legal Counsel, Our Children’s Trust  Rylee Brooke Kamahele, Youth Plaintiff, Navahine v. Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation Support Climate One by going ad-free! By subscribing to Climate One on Patreon, you’ll receive exclusive access to all future episodes free of ads, opportunities to connect with fellow Climate One listeners, and access to the Climate One Discord. Sign up today. For show notes and related links, visit our website. Ad sales by Multitude. Contact them for ad inquiries at multitude.productions/ads Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:45.6

And this is Climate One.

0:49.7

Before we get into this week's show, there is a huge piece of climate news we need to talk about.

0:54.7

The Environmental Protection Agency announced a big rollback recently that could undermine the whole regulatory basis of government climate action.

1:03.4

Here's agency head Lee Zeldon.

1:05.1

We want to hear from the American public to finalize a regulation that not only proposes to rescind the

1:14.6

endangerment finding, but all greenhouse gas emissions that followed on light, medium, and heavy-duty

1:22.4

vehicles.

1:25.5

That term he used, endangerment finding, sounds obscure and legalistic, but it's hugely important.

1:33.2

Yes, and Ariana, you and I both agree that it's hugely important for everyone listening, for you listening right now to understand what it means.

1:40.7

The endangerment finding, that's a determination made by the Environmental Protection

1:45.8

Agency in 2009. It says that greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare. This

1:52.8

finding created the legal basis for regulating climate pollutants, like emissions from vehicles

1:58.2

and other sources. It underpins so many federal climate regulations.

2:04.8

So Trump's EPA is undermining the agency's own power by rejecting this finding from 15 years ago.

2:10.8

And this could have a huge impact on how the government regulates emissions or doesn't, because it's

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