By: Allison Kronberg
People too young to vote, have their own insurance or order something from an infomercial are proving they aren’t too young to have a voice in climate change efforts — even legal ones.
Akilah Sanders-Reed, an environmental studies junior at Macalester College, sued New Mexico in 2011 when she was 17 over the state’s obligation to protect air quality. Though she initially lost the case, it has now entered the state’s appeals court where the first ruling could flip.