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California Teen Leads Youth Climate Lawsuit Against EPA for Failing to Address Greenhouse Gas Emissions.

Maya Wiliams, a 17-year-old Californian high school senior, is leading a youth-led climate lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The lawsuit accuses EPA of allowing the release of dangerous levels of greenhouse gases and failing to act on this issue. The lawsuit was electronically filed by 17 young Californians and is the second federal lawsuit led by Our Children’s Trust, an Oregon-based public interest law firm. The first federal challenge, Juliana v. United States, was filed in 2015 and has been fought by both Republican and Democratic administrations. Lawyers with Our Children’s Trust hope EPA will be more amenable to a resolution. EPA’s spokesperson, Tim Carroll, stated that the agency is taking regulatory actions to address climate change and is committed to using its full scope of its authorities to protect communities and reduce climate pollution.

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