'It’s up to our generation to … make this impact' — Young people across the U.S. are taking matters into their own hands to hold legislators accountable for actions they say contribute to a worsening climate crisis.
Climate change has been a looming threat for decades, and despite efforts to address the problem, there is still a lot of work to be done. Young people across the country are taking matters into their own hands and fighting to hold legislators accountable.
In February of 2022, 13 Virginia residents, ranging in age from 10 to 19, sued their state in a case called Layla H. v. Commonwealth of Virginia. The residents argue that by providing permits for fossil fuel infrastructure historically and through the present day, the state has violated their constitutional rights and put their health at risk.
On September 16, the case was dismissed by Richmond Circuit Court Judge Clarence N. Jenkins. The plaintiffs plan to appeal the decision. Their attorney is concerned about the precedent the judge's ruling will have on other lawsuits holding government policy accountable.
Claudia Sachs was one of the plaintiffs in the lawsuits. She feels it would be unsafe for her to bring children into the world in the future because they might experience the worst potential effects of the climate crisis. Though many of the plaintiffs in the case are too young to vote, they are finding other ways to help make the world a better, more livable place for future generations.
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guys i don't care what adobe corporate is doing, there is literally nothing they can do that would make recommending Gimp as a Photoshop alternative anything other than a sick joke at the expense of people who don't know better. Adobe could announce that every picture you draw in Photoshop is now being harvested to power their baby-boiling machine, and the correct response would still be continuing to pirate a cracked version of Photoshop from before they made those changes (or just blocking the relevant port with a firewall rule). friends don't let friends use Gimp
I am actually so serious I think it really messes with a childs creativity and joy to tell them to never make a mary sue OC. Like that unbridaled form of joy where you make a self insert OC who super cool and everyone loves them and they have every superpower in the world SHOULD be something a kid makes, it nourishes their ability to create things for fun and not be stifled by "oh but what if my character is too overpowered and cringey...". whatever
So I've just seen McDonald's stuff complaining that McDonald's had to pay 800,000 in damages cause a kid dropped a chicken nugget on her leg.
The little eight year old girl got 2nd degree burns.
This exact type of thing happened before! There is a well-known story used as "people will sue over anything!" type propaganda where a woman sued McDonald's over hot coffee.
That woman had been forced to get skin grafts over how hot the coffee was, and there were a multitude of other people who got hurt from the outrageously hot coffee McDonald's had been serving at the time.
Do not let corporations keep getting away with this!!!
Stop letting corporations pretend that the innocent people who got severely hurt by them are the problem!
please do not fall for staff claiming trans womens faces being labeled mature is a “bug” i have had nudes and cis women in lingerie blazed to me CONSTANTLY with zero content labels or warnings, clearly any labels being added to posts are done by people. that and any text posts criticizing staffs rampant terf and nazi problem being labeled mature as well. it is very blatant obvious transmisogyny on staffs end and theyre giving up a flimsy excuse to try and avoid liability