The United States has known for the past five decades that carbon dioxide pollution from burning fossil fuels causes global warming yet has not taken the necessary steps to prevent it. Twenty-one young people from around the United States have filed a lawsuit to protect the people of the coasts and future generations from coastal erosion and oil spills, and to remind the federal government to step in and address the harm if people, companies and industries are not within emission limits. 14 year old woman leader, Jayden Foytlin, resident of Rayne, Louisiana, is one of the teens dedicating her self to this lawsuit, following the example of her mother, renowned Indigenous rights activist, Cherri Foytlin. Photo credit: Katc
