On the case. From the Commonwealth Club of california, this is an hour. Our program tonight is our constitution, our climate and our children. Is there a right not to be harmed by Climate Change . And our speakers tonight are a distinguished group with phil gregory, partner, cojet petrie and macarthur llp, tia hatten, youth plaintiff in constitution and public trust case and julia olsen, executive director, our Childrens Trust. So please welcome our wonderful panel and greet them for us. [ applause ] and well ask phil to begin. Well, we just saw for those of you who havent heard, an amazing judicial feat today where the ninth circuit in a 30 opinion kept the temporary restraining order nationwide in place over the travel ban and that is [ cheers and applause ] its wonderful news and an excellent example about how our courts who serve as the third branch of government check the other two branches, the congress and the executive when they overstep their bounds, but courts dont just stop
Carbon dioxide emissions. Many scientists they drives global warming. One of the plaintiffs, 19yearold College Student and her attorneys spoke to the Commonwealth Club of california in San Francisco about the case. Our program tonight is our constitution, our climate and our children. Is there a right not to be harmed by Climate Change. And our speaker tonight are a distinguished group. Gregory, partner, cochair the petrie macarthur llp. Gail hatton, youth plaintiff in constitution and public trust case and julia olson, executive director of Childrens Trust so please welcome our wonderful panel and greet them for us. [applause] and we will ask still again. We just saw for those of you who havent heard, and amazing judicial defeat today where the ninth circuit as in a 3 to 0 opinion kept the temporary restraining order nationwide in place over the travel ban and that is. [applause] its wonderful news and its an excellent example about how our courts who serve as the third branch of gove
Is to protect and guard what is because change is difficult, and yet we see the fact that there are millions of students who are simply not getting the opportunity for an equal, an equal opportunity for a quality education. And we try to tinker around from the top, and we try to fix things, but it becomes more about the system, im afraid, than it does about whats right for each child. Do you believe that Climate Change is caused by the emission, by Carbon Emissions by human activity . Senator, as i indicated, you werent this here during my opening statement, but as i indicated in my opening statement, climate, the climate is changing, and human activity contributes to that in some manner. In some manner. Yes, sir. 97 of the scientists who wrote articles in peerreviewed journals believe that human activity is the fundamental reason we are seeing Climate Change. You disagree with that. I believe the ability to measure with precision the degree of human activities impact is subject to whe
Is to protect and guard what is because change is difficult, and yet we see the fact that there are millions of students who are simply not getting the opportunity for an equal, an equal opportunity for a quality education. And we try to tinker around from the top, and we try to fix things, but it becomes more about the system, im afraid, than it does about whats right for each child. Do you believe that Climate Change is caused by the emission, by Carbon Emissions by human activity . Senator, as i indicated, you werent this here during my opening statement, but as i indicated in my opening statement, climate, the climate is changing, and human activity contributes to that in some manner. In some manner. Yes, sir. 97 of the scientists who wrote articles in peerreviewed journals believe that human activity is the fundamental reason we are seeing Climate Change. You disagree with that. I believe the ability to measure with precision the degree of human activities impact is subject to whe
Trust case and julia olson, executive director, our Childrens Trust. So please welcome our wonderful panel and greet them for us. [applause] and well ask bill to begin. Well, we just saw, for those of you who havent heard, an amazing judicial feat today where the ninth circuit in a30 in a 30 opinion kept the temporary restraining order nationwide in place over the travel ban. And that is [cheers and applause] its wonderful news, and its an excellent example about how our courts who serve as the third branch of government check the other two branches, the congress and the executive, when they overstep their bounds. But courts dont just stop actions, courts can cause actions, courts can cause the executive branch to take steps. And thats the basis of our suit. And with that, im going to turn it over to julia olson, executive directer of our Childrens Trust and colead counsel on our case. Thanks, phil. And thanks, everyone, for being here tonight. Thanks to ann and the Commonwealth Club f