Young activists are suing the state of Utah over its support for fossil fuels, which they say is unconstitutional.
I spoke with Natalie, a high school student in Salt Lake City, about the lawsuit and what drove her to activism. This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.Fridays for Future Utah
, and so I had been planning a couple of climate strikes. I hadn’t heard of Our Children’s Trust up until Earth Day last year, when I was presenting with Sierra Club. I wondered if there was a Utah movement, because I heard of lawsuits occurring in [other] states. Then we started an interview process to figure out how we would pursue this lawsuit, and since then six other people have joined. Since my complaint is the first listed, it just happens to be my name, but we’re all equally part of it.: Why take legal action, as opposed to organizing another climate strike or finding other ways to push Utah’s elected officials?: It’s different from just doing a regular strike, because we can take legal action in this case.
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