Youth plaintiffs head to the Alaska Supreme Court

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Sinnok v. Alaska plaintiffs Esau, Cecily, Seb, and Lila enjoy a chilly hike on Flattop Mountain near Anchorage yesterday.

Dear friend,

This afternoon, Sinnok v. Alaska, the constitutional climate lawsuit brought by 16 young Alaska Natives and Alaskans against the State of Alaska, will be argued before the Alaska Supreme Court. The outcome of this hearing will determine whether the courts will exercise their critical duty to review the State of Alaska’s dangerous energy policy for its constitutionality and allow these young people to tell their stories of harm and loss at trial. Laws that promote fossil fuels and continue to worsen the climate crisis must be put to the test of the constitution, where judges ask: does this law harm young people’s rights to life, liberty, property and public trust resources?

Show your support for the #youthvgovAK plaintiffs as they head into court with one of the tweets below! Or copy/paste it into a Facebook or Instagram caption with this image ([link removed]) .
* We must support the young Alaska Natives & Alaskans in #youthvgovAK to show the State that it cannot enact laws & implement them when those laws destroy the fragile climate on which children depend. I am with the youth plaintiffs as they head to the AK Supreme Court!

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* Laws that promote fossil fuels are unconstitutional and must end to give our youth any chance of a livable future. I support the #youthvgovAK plaintiffs as they stand up to the State of Alaska for its energy policy that promotes fossil fuels and causes climate change.

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* The #youthvgovAK lawsuit could stop the State of Alaska from promoting fossil fuels & bring AK’s energy policy into compliance with the Constitution & youths’ vital need for a climate system that sustains life. I support the youth plaintiffs as they head to the AK Supreme Court!

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What happens inside our third branch of government affects us all. If you can’t be in the courtroom with us to help these youth hold the State accountable, tune in to the Court’s livestream of the hearing, including oral arguments from our attorney Andrew Welle, here ([link removed]) starting at 1:30 p.m. AKDT. And tune in to the livestream of the press conference afterward, around 2:45 p.m. AKDT, on our Facebook page ([link removed]) .

Today, our eyes are on Alaska.

Thank you for your ongoing support of these brave young people.

The team at Our Children’s Trust
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