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The longer Sahara Valentine fights the climate crisis, the bigger that fight becomes.
The struggle for a more livable future has become more urgent since she joined the cause at 10 years old. For her, it has become a fight for the future of the world s most vulnerable people. A sense only her generation is willing to fight has become more real. Climate change is really the biggest threat facing the youth right now, Valentine said.
Valentine, 16, is one of the youngest plaintiffs in
Juliana v. United States, a 2015 lawsuit
brought by 21 young people,
six of whom are from Eugene, which alleged the federal government infringed on their rights to a healthy future by allowing the use of fossil fuels.
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by Malachi Murphy
We have a crisis on our hands. The planet is warming, which is destroying natural systems across the globe. Each year we ask ourselves, what can I do? Here are the spoilers: You and I are not killing the planet, the businesses where we buy our fuel, food and manufactured goods from are. However, even if fate is not all in our hands, we have a couple cards still to play.
As first noted by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) in its 2017 Carbon Majors Report, 71 percent of all CO2 emissions come from just 100 companies. If this sounds like a pretty major bummer for you, don’t sell your Prius or give up on veganism just yet.