Posted on Oct 7, 2023
Innovators share what helped convince them to take climate action
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Humans are driving climate change. And that means we humans can find solutions to change the trajectory. We already have many solutions.
Finding ways to address the impact of our changing climate can often feel overwhelming, especially on top of the challenges that come with modern life.
As part of covering climate change across the NPR Network, we've heard from a number of the doers — people who have taken action at every level, from local leaders to government officials and global icons.
Across those conversations, many had a clear reason why they took action, often starting close to home, and for those who've been fighting for decades, wisdom on how to keep going as we navigate what can often feel like herculean obstacles.
Here are a few of those innovators and influencers' thoughts and what motivated them to make a change in their communities.
Humans are driving climate change. And that means we humans can find solutions to change the trajectory. We already have many solutions.
Finding ways to address the impact of our changing climate can often feel overwhelming, especially on top of the challenges that come with modern life.
As part of covering climate change across the NPR Network, we've heard from a number of the doers — people who have taken action at every level, from local leaders to government officials and global icons.
Across those conversations, many had a clear reason why they took action, often starting close to home, and for those who've been fighting for decades, wisdom on how to keep going as we navigate what can often feel like herculean obstacles.
Here are a few of those innovators and influencers' thoughts and what motivated them to make a change in their communities.
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..."Here are a few of those innovators and influencers' thoughts and what motivated them to make a change in their communities.
Badge and Lander Busse and Rikki Held
Three of 16 plaintiffs, ages 5-22, who sued Montana for promoting energy policies that they say violate their constitutional right to a "clean and healthful environment."
Earlier this summer, a Montana judge ruled in favor of 16 young plaintiffs — some as young as 5 — who argued that Montana was violating their constitutional requirement "to a clean and healthful environment" by aggressively pursuing fossil fuel development without considering the future impacts to the state and the world's climate.
Their why: One of the plaintiffs, Badge Busse, 15, told Montana Public Radio's Ellis Juhlin, "this is our land as much as it is any other people's. And we just want to protect it, protect it for our kids and for ourselves."
"It's kind of like a melancholy feeling for me going into it," his brother and fellow plaintiff, Lander Busse, explained. "We've had to fight so hard against an administration, a whole state, that doesn't want us to be able to carry out our constitutional rights.
"We're doing this first and foremost for the people of Montana who cherish and share this land and use it the same ways that we do and respect it the same way we do."
On the impact of their actions: Twenty-two-year-old Rikki Held, the lead plaintiff in the case, said the ruling confirms what scientists have been saying for decades.
"For us to have this come to trial and have this science-based evidence in the court record and having decision-makers listen to us is just really amazing," she said. "This case can set a precedent for other legal cases outside of Montana's borders."...
..."Here are a few of those innovators and influencers' thoughts and what motivated them to make a change in their communities.
Badge and Lander Busse and Rikki Held
Three of 16 plaintiffs, ages 5-22, who sued Montana for promoting energy policies that they say violate their constitutional right to a "clean and healthful environment."
Earlier this summer, a Montana judge ruled in favor of 16 young plaintiffs — some as young as 5 — who argued that Montana was violating their constitutional requirement "to a clean and healthful environment" by aggressively pursuing fossil fuel development without considering the future impacts to the state and the world's climate.
Their why: One of the plaintiffs, Badge Busse, 15, told Montana Public Radio's Ellis Juhlin, "this is our land as much as it is any other people's. And we just want to protect it, protect it for our kids and for ourselves."
"It's kind of like a melancholy feeling for me going into it," his brother and fellow plaintiff, Lander Busse, explained. "We've had to fight so hard against an administration, a whole state, that doesn't want us to be able to carry out our constitutional rights.
"We're doing this first and foremost for the people of Montana who cherish and share this land and use it the same ways that we do and respect it the same way we do."
On the impact of their actions: Twenty-two-year-old Rikki Held, the lead plaintiff in the case, said the ruling confirms what scientists have been saying for decades.
"For us to have this come to trial and have this science-based evidence in the court record and having decision-makers listen to us is just really amazing," she said. "This case can set a precedent for other legal cases outside of Montana's borders."...
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