A Plaintiff in the Youth Climate Lawsuit Tells his Story

Posted by Rachel Goodman | Feb 8, 2020 | All Talk, Outdoors, Politics, Talk of the Bay | 0

Talk of the Bay from KSQD

A Plaintiff in the Youth Climate Lawsuit Tells his Story

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Little did Nathan Baring know at age fifteen that five years later he would still be fighting to sue the government of the United States for robbing his generation of a future due to inaction on climate change. But that is exactly where he is now. This Homer, Alaska resident is determined to win what he says is a life or death issue for the future of humanity, not to mention its other non-human inhabitants. Listen to an interview with 20-year-old Nathan about his perspective after a court ruled they could not take up the issue.

About The Author

Rachel Goodman

Rachel is host of Talk of the Bay and Board Chair of KSQD. She is the producer of radio documentaries such as Southern Songbirds: The Women of Early Country and Old Time Music, The Boomtown Chronicles, and Pastures of Plenty, a History of California Farmworkers. She teaches journalism at Cabrillo College in Aptos. She is a recipient of a Peabody award for excellence in journalism.