Alec Loorz, 17, Sues US Govt. for Global Warming

May 17, 2012

Alec Loorz (@alecjloorz), youth activist, founder of  Kids vs. Global Warming and organizer of  iMatterMarch.org began his activism at the age of 12.  Now five years later, he is suing the government over global warming.  He talks to Sam about his lawsuit Alec L. v. Lisa Jackson, which is based on the Public Trust Doctrine and his open letter to President ObamaClick thru to see Alec make his case on video, lots of other links and updates.  Use this post as today’s thread.

Read leading climate scientist Dr. James Hansen’s, criticism of the Obama Administration’s failure to protect the climate in Rolling Stone.

Link to David Swanson’s website, War is a Crime

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Link to our April 4th interview with Bruce Afran, one of the lead attorneys for the plaintiffs in the NDAA case against the government.

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