OH HELLO: Judge rules that youth have standing to sue Hawaii DOT for future climate impacts of continued investment in highways:
"Transportation emissions are increasing and will increase at the rate we are going," [Judge] Crabtree said. "In other words, the alleged harms are not hypothetical or only in the future." https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/hawaii-dot-must-face-kids-climate-lawsuit-judge-rules-2023-04-07/
@bikepedantic a very Ministry of the Future headline.
@bikepedantic This a great idea!
@bikepedantic perhaps worth considering for other states too
@bikepedantic Good! This little island chain is ridiculously dependent on cars. This may be the kick in the ass that we need.
@bikepedantic "O'ahu a O'ahu a, Punahou our Punahou"
Say what you will about Punahou and its entangled colonialist past, it has more recently produced Barack Obama, Brian Schatz, and Judge Crabtree
Imua!
@bikepedantic yessssss