Posted on 04/16/2018 6:28:34 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Florida Gov. Rick Scott doesn't talk about climate change.
He notoriously declared "I'm not a scientist" when asked his thoughts on humanity's well-documented impact on the warming planet, banned the phrase in his administration (a charge he denies) and backed up President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris accord.
On Monday, an unusual group intends to sue Scott for ignoring the climate threat: Kids.
Seven young Florida residents the youngest is 10, the oldest is 20, and one is a University of Miami marine science student are the named plaintiffs in a lawsuit that seeks to force a state extremely vulnerable to climate-driven sea rise to start work on a court-ordered, science-based "Climate Recovery Plan."
The group is represented by Our Children's Trust, an Oregon-based organization sponsoring similar suits from children around the country at the state and federal level.
In the suit, lawyers accuse Scott and his administration of rolling back or failing to implement any legislation aimed at measuring or cutting back on carbon emissions, as well as ignoring the threat of rising seas on the state's coasts, which provide the economic engine for the tourism-dependent state.
Andrea Rodgers, senior attorney at Our Children's Trust, argues Florida is violating the public trust by failing to protect certain essential natural resources (like beaches) for future generations.
(Excerpt) Read more at miamiherald.com ...
That should make the lil kiddies feel good.
The cowardly adult lefties sending the kids out to do their dirty work figuring the equally cowardly GOP political class will be too scared to say anything. What a sorry nation webe become with corrupt lefties running every institution and their enablers from the MSM and the GOP political class giving them full protection!
Sue the state for not enforcing discipline in the schools.
As most of Florida’s power plants are powered by fossil fuel, perhaps he should unplug the schools, as they are so concerned. No computers, smart phones, etc., no AC. Have fun kids.
It’s amazing how the ocean is rising in Florida......only. There’s been many times Florida seems to get singled out for rising sea levels.
Archimedes Principle anyone?????
Land masses can rise & fall, plate tectonics is always at play. Trying to get me to believe that the ocean is only rising in Florida vs. everything it is connected to is astonishingly stupid. I had a family member send out an email to us and people she knew in Florida asking about how bad the sea levels were today. smh.
“Our Children’s Trust, an Oregon-based organization”, sounds like a money grubbing Clintonesque type SCAM!
Why is an Oregon based company grubbing in Florida politics?
Is it because Governor Scott declared running for senator?
Chances are that kids who are politically active are not acting on their own. They have been well trained.
I can't tell if you are joking or serious. It's often like that these days.
Can we bring back spanking now? I think that weve adequately learned the consequences of time out and counting to 3.
Was he what we used to call an “RDDB”?
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Skulls filled with mush!
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Kids these days. They are so politically active. /S
Ultimate extension of the lets do it for the children mantra. These kids are being played so badly. Would be labeled willing idiots if adults.
If I were a kid filing a lawsuit, it’d be to lower the drinking age.
So activists are using their new favorite propaganda tool: making children their spokespeople so that you white suburban women swoon and demand action. I hope when these kids are old enough to realize they were used as props by others that they remember where to put the blame.
If I was the judge I would want to see who’s funding and “advising” these Know-Nothing Youthful Idiots
Then I’d sanction them for wasting court time and dismiss their POS “case”
“They are so politically active. /S”
They are so politically used.
rwood
Isn't it amazing how the children today, some as young as 10 years old, are so politically astute and
have the financial resources to initiate lawsuits against states, governors and the US President?
/S
Well, sure, it's documented. Plenty of info out there on it.
Also on Bigfoot, Aliens, Leprechauns, Unicorns, and Barak Obama's Birth Certificate. Doesn't mean that any of them exist, either.
Guns get hot and contribute to climate change?
I suspect Chinese CO2 is pushing air that is normally over the North Pole towards the eastern US and Europe.
This will actually reduce the greatest possible danger, the melting of the ice of Greenland.
The only thing that humans might want to do is to reduce air traffic between the US and Europe, which emits CO2 into the higher latitude air. They might try using butane [liquid without compression, high H/C ratio] as an airplane fuel for such service.
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