Teens drop eloquent climate change testimony on Congress

There's a brand new committee in the U.S. House of Representatives — the Select Committee on the Climate Crisis — and the group used its first-ever hearing to call on four young environmental leaders to testify. Their age is particularly relevant, as these youthful citizens are destined to experience the worsening consequences of a globally disrupted climate.

Two of the witnesses were teenagers, including 18-year-old Aji Piper, a plaintiff in the ongoing "children's climate lawsuit." Piper is one of 21 children, adolescents, and young adults suing the U.S. government for supporting a national energy system that emits prodigious amounts of heat-trapping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, and ultimately threatening their right to a prosperous future. Read more...

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