Fifteen young people from Wisconsin filed Dunn v. Wisconsin Public Service Commission Aug. 22. The youths alleged that Wisconsin’s climate laws prohibit the Public Service Commission from taking environmental impact into account when deciding where to place fossil fuel power stations.
The group filed the lawsuit through Our Children’s Trust, a public interest law firm representing exclusively children specializing in climate change, according to Our Children’s Trust.
According to the lawsuit, Wisconsin climate laws violate inherent constitutional rights and infringe on their lifestyle and general well-being…