These Montana Kids Are Suing the State Over the Environment
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- Опубликовано: 21 апр 2023
- An unusual provision in Montana’s state constitution guarantees a “clean and healthful environment” to all residents. Now, a group of children in the state are suing the state - saying that their investment and reliance on fossil fuels actually violates their constitutional right.
In June, Held v Montana will become the first youth-driven climate lawsuit to make it to trial in the entire country, and could set a precedent nation-wide when it comes to how governments need to handle the climate crisis. Vice News met some of the plaintiffs in this landmark case to find out how suing your state could be a new approach to accountability.
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I love how these kids and their organization were labeled as “people taking money from out of state” insinuating that that is somehow a unique or special thing, when the politicians probably take money from out of state as well
Excellent point. Out of state influence is 100% a norm on both sides!
They 100% do. Open Secrets will have the data if you wanna crush your hopes for the future
@@MoviesandMaya but one has more influence and is backed by unlimited money.
Hell ya. As a guy who grew up in Montana and was involved in my cities politics starting in high school I will say that its probably one of the only states where our voice actually had the chance to change things bc you can so quickly be directly talking to those who enact legislation. So this has a good chance of actually making some impact, albeit going against the fossil fuel industry is the ultimate David v Goliath
So no complaints about cutting down the trees to make the ski runs. Nor making the electricity to operated the tows. Nor energy and mining to make the steel. Picking and choosing ones preferred virtues and vices is the rock solid foundations for all moral pedestals. It might be more useful to question why an 'OPINION' about the effects of GLOBAL WARMING morphed into a SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN FACT about climate change, without there being any intervening proof?????? Repeating something loud and often, whilst proclaiming "it must be true, because many other people say so" is not proof. 10,000 so called climate experts repeating other so called experts opinion, actually means that 10,000 so called climate experts have been unable to find the actual evidence they keep pretending exists. If you are REALLY concerned about climate and GLOBAL WARMING you should be wondering why the AEW weather system is operating at about 60 per year, when all the evidence is that there would have been about 100 p.a. pre 1900. Do some actual scientific research, rather than just repeat other peoples opinion. 10,000 people repeating an unfounded opinion, means that it is still ONE unfounded opinion.
Young environmental activism is embodied by Greta Thunberg. An older environmental activist is George Manbiot. They both eat a fully plant based diet. Not a coincidence.Going vegan is the single most effective way for each of us to minimize our environmental footprint. "According to the most comprehensive analysis of farming’s impact on the planet, plant-based food is most effective at combatting climate change. Oxford University researcher Joseph Poore, who led the study, said adopting a vegan diet is “the single biggest way to reduce your impact on planet Earth.”
“A vegan diet is probably the single biggest way to reduce your impact on planet Earth, not just greenhouse gases, but global acidification, eutrophication, land use and water use. It is far bigger than cutting down on your flights or buying an electric car,” he explained, which would only reduce greenhouse gas“Avoiding consumption of animal products delivers far better environmental benefits than trying to purchase sustainable meat and dairy,” he added.”. -Joseph Poore, Environmental Science Researcher, University of Oxford.
Joseph Poore switched to a plant based diet after seeing the results of the study.
Links at my channel under "About.
Yeah, I go to UM in Missoula right now, and MT is definitely the kind of place where this stuff happens haha.
@@JosephVozzo Be afraid dude. What passes for intelligence in this brave new world is an ability to gage your attitude to the to the whims of the prevailing intellectual and moral wind sock. Unfortunately not a joke - in the classical sense.
Ultimate misuse of tax payer money. Can’t believe someone from Montana would have this little of common sense.
I spent 7 days in Ashland, Montana. It was shockingly beautiful. I can understand why these kids are so passionate.
It's beautiful for a reason. Montana is a state that is clean despite what these kids say. They keep mentioning climate change. NOTHING on how the area is being polluted. Nothing on how the water ways are dirty. NOTHING on how the air is hard to breath. Just "Boo hoo we're getting more fires and rain and wind :c BAD FOSSIL FUESL!!! Wind/solar energy will make the bad weather go away!" Lmfao No!! Do these monkeys realize even if Montana got rid of ALL the fossil fuels and converted entirely to electric or clean energy...the REST OF THE WORLD STILL EXISTS!! Clouds don't just go "Oh no, that's Montana and they have a clean energy law. We can't do our usual climate change business there."
There passion is miss placed and as a Montana resident this lawsuit doesn't help Montana at all
“we cant wait for the next generation to come along and fix this” i love that
Means to an end which is one world satanic order
me too
Unfortantuely, it can't be fixed now. Unless magical technology coimes along.
For this to change people need to stop doing what other generations have told. Like if you live somewhere bike friendly then choose a bike and there is plenty of cheap ride services such as on demand which are available. I sold my car 6 years ago and chose to bike everywhere because it keeps me in shape and cuts my carbon footprint. Even in the hot Florida sun I will chose biking over the cost and maintenance of having a vehicle.
@@X2LR8 eh... we fixed the ozone layer thanks to policy change so there is a bit of hope
Civil servants should be federally required to take interviews on topics immediately impacting the people (w/ times and amount limits per topic) done by journalists. They are supposed to work for the people, not for corporations. And even though Citizens United said corporations are people, corporations can't vote. Letting them avoid culpability shouldn't be an option.
They already avoid culpability, its what brought us to this point.
Corporations vote with $$$ straight into the pockets of politicians. Both sides.
I hope they realize the importance of rail transport and deregulation of zoning laws. Super important in achieving reduced energy consumption
Not deregulation, but reconsideration. Deregulating means no zoning laws at all, which will encourage harmful types of businesses to open up in places they shouldn’t.
@@Cyancat123 yeah that’s how zoning works. The issue is single family home zoning being areas where high density apartments would be far more beneficial to the people and environment
@@Cyancat123 deregulation doesn't mean no regulation
The kids would have no chance of getting the state government to discourage animal agriculture or encourage a more plant based diet. Montana is one of the top beef producers. On the other hand, basically everyone can boycott animal products. Going vegan is the single most effective way for each of us to minimize our environmental footprint.
"According to the most comprehensive analysis of farming’s impact on the planet, plant-based food is most effective at combatting climate change. Oxford University researcher Joseph Poore, who led the study, said adopting a vegan diet is “the single biggest way to reduce your impact on planet Earth.”
“A vegan diet is probably the single biggest way to reduce your impact on planet Earth, not just greenhouse gases, but global acidification, eutrophication, land use and water use. It is far bigger than cutting down on your flights or buying an electric car,” he explained, which would only reduce greenhouse gas“Avoiding consumption of animal products delivers far better environmental benefits than trying to purchase sustainable meat and dairy,” he added.”. -Joseph Poore, Environmental Science Researcher, University of Oxford.
Joseph Poore switched to a plant based diet after seeing the results of the study.
Links at my channel under "About.
@@someguy2135 you know when all those farms that grow h your vegan food, are setup they totally destroy the originating habitat, killing or displacing all the wild life, planting monoculture crops. Spray it with pesticides killing every bug, and animal, while exposing the farmers to carcinogenic chemicals. I love how vegans think they are somehow not destroying the environment because what they eat its plants. Do you know how bad for the environment growing rice is? And the amount of water used. Plus nothing lives where your food grows. Farmers and people don't like bugs. You pay just as big a role in all this as everyone else. Get off your vegan high horse, and stop throwing meat eaters under a bus. There is almost nothing that we do that doesn't destroy the environment. And it's ignorant to think that you don't, or do it less than everyone. And that your some how morally better than people who aren't vegan. So stop pushing your fake environmentalist vegan lie onto everyone else.
Man, I'm 45, I say all the time, my generation built a lot of the tools that the newer generations are using to subvert the lies that were first told to us, and we didn't know how to overcome, so we built platforms and such. I feel like the generations after us, and then our kids, are all taking the torch that those of us who suffered from the boomers, and keep passing it along.
Young environmental activism is embodied by Greta Thunberg. A boomer environmental activist is George Manbiot. They both eat a fully plant based diet. Not a coincidence. Going vegan is the single most effective way for each of us to minimize our environmental footprint. "According to the most comprehensive analysis of farming’s impact on the planet, plant-based food is most effective at combatting climate change. Oxford University researcher Joseph Poore, who led the study, said adopting a vegan diet is “the single biggest way to reduce your impact on planet Earth.”
“A vegan diet is probably the single biggest way to reduce your impact on planet Earth, not just greenhouse gases, but global acidification, eutrophication, land use and water use. It is far bigger than cutting down on your flights or buying an electric car,” he explained, which would only reduce greenhouse gas“Avoiding consumption of animal products delivers far better environmental benefits than trying to purchase sustainable meat and dairy,” he added.”. -Joseph Poore, Environmental Science Researcher, University of Oxford.
Joseph Poore switched to a plant based diet after seeing the results of the study.
Links at my channel under "About.
I loved living in Montana for more than a decade.and it's great to see the youth of Montana stepping up to save the wild and beauty of Montana.
Can Black children who descended from former slaves also sue the former Western slave owning countries for the mental anguish and systemic racism that they continue to endure.
please do a follow up on this topic, would like to know how it turns out
As a 29 year old male who also grew up in Montana, it’s great to see the younger kids getting more involved…Montana has a-lot of problems…Extreme climate change and an economy based on fossil fuels and tourism….if your not working in the mines, logging, or construction….your working for the tourists and other rich people who exploit the land and it’s experiences. Housing has nearly pushed me out of my of my home state…looks like climate change will make the final blow.
Is it expensive in Montana ?
@@imprezajp3438 It’s extremely expensive in the bigger cities: Whitefish, Missoula, Bozeman/Big Sky and Billings…..where it is cheap there are no ideal jobs/ high paying jobs to make it worth living in the middle of nowhere
Nonsense!
@impreza Jp no its honestly quite cheep
@Blake Cobb Montana is not expensive at all compared to other states you say there are no ideal/ high paying jobs thats a lie I started my own company from just a name now I have 15 employees 5 trucks all paid off plus all my tools paid off I started it in 2016 and I'm at the point I never have to work again if I so choose you say there's no good paying jobs how about looking at hard work instead of going to McDonald's or Walmart for work
my god this kid is prolly going thru hell KEEP IT UP MAN dont let anyone stop you.. your doing the right thing
The planet has been warming for billions of years.
Do people not realize how many materials and fossil fuels are needed to produce windmills and solar panels. That need constant service.
Another great video. I rate Vice's work higher than any other. Thank you.
they are going bankrupt.
@@dirkbogarde7796 Yep. Its a shame.
@@jasonpine7161 It is great they are going bankrupt as they peddle woke lies.
Go woke, Go broke. Buzzfeed is also cratering. Looks like broadcasting left wing lies isn't that good for business.
I need to find a way to make my ski trip look like work too. Props to the reporter for finding this story.
Your smart-aleck comment adds nothing to a real discussion about a real problem
@@punkinhoot OK boomer
your ski trip is part of the problem
@@punkinhoot I am not talking to you. This comment makes absolutely no sense, so I imagine you are a bot or a troll of somekind.
@@punkinhoot meds. now.
Its kinda cringe how they say "change your energy" but if it was that easy you would provide a solution, or they would have already done it
You go for it. Keep on pushing. Your voice counts. Governments need to change in a big way, it needs to stand by its citizens and not huge corporations. If law was changed that all new and existing businesses had to have a solution to the waste created by manufacturing or at the consumer end and this was a step added on their business model it would have a big impact. No licence or business registration or legal operations would be granted unless there was a sound, viable solution was part of the business, period. From water, power usage, the source of that and the end footprint of that business. It would totally change the way people did business and thought about business. By entrenching sound policy would mean people would have to actually think about what it is they are doing rather than being profit driven. Governments today are deeply invested in harmful business practices so they can keep their elected seats and keep their wallets full. It's a vicious circle that needs breaking.....badly.....and now.
These kids have benefitted from the workings from these corporations to include a home, family wealth etc.
You might wonder why this lawsuit wasn't on behalf of adults. Adults are the ones with jobs that often depend on the fossil fuel industries or are connected too intimately to go against. Also, kids don't usually own stock in anything, let alone fossil fuels.
The times they are a changin’ my friend. Noli Timere
These morons don’t know what fossil fuels do for them they do everything for them. They’ve done everything for them since birth.
The adults need to learn to adapt and learn skills that ultimately help their kids long term. They aren’t robots programmed for one thing. If they can work in the fossil fuel industry, they can work in the sustainable energies industry.
What sustainable energy? There is none
@@KidKingdomHeartsif you dont like fossil fuels go live like the amish
Other Nations have already started ~ We are so far behind in Land, Forest & Waterway Restorations/ Sustainable Energy!
Everything is interconnected and we are forcing countries who are still living more simply to do labor by supporting products out of the U.S especially companies like Amazon which are exploiting cheap labor.
Cause fossil fuels see em as a threat
The US leads the world in emittions reduction! The world is behind us.
I love the fact that a shared experience among all genZ kids/young-adults is that we all at some point in our lives had an existential crisis at the discovery of climate change and generally the detrimental effects of pollution.
Gonna need to figure out how to power my front end loader when we get 7ft snow drifts covering my driveway.
You need to be willing to be proactive, not reactive.
Damn right! Why hasn't anyone done this before?
It isn't the first time... fossil fuels advertise for most mainstream media - so they don't touch it. Even MSNBC has BP ads.
Because you'd have to be stupid
Most people have jobs
A copy-cat smart aleck?
@@Iowa21 And another……
Incredible!!
“Regular Montana Kid”
I’m happy to hear this, I worry about young folks. I wonder how they are going to get through this. They will need to start fighting for themselves and the children they may have. It’s sad we are leaving such a mess behind.
The past 20 yrs have been extremely depressing for me. I got my geology degree the yr Bush got a second term. Zoomers give me hope because us millennials couldn't get enough gen Xers and boomers to care. As more and more young ppl graduate - we might actually have a chance to fix this mess. Older generations assume they'll be dead by the time things get a lot worse.
As an FYI - the number one driver of climate change is military movement (Not just in times of war).
as a gen x-er, I have cared my whole life. getting people to overcome the marketing myths: recycling and electric cars are not solutions -- is hard. Contact companies, tell them you won't buy their single use plastics when so many alternatives (foil, waxed paper, novel palm, seaweed, fungi based materials) exist; look into energy sources and production impact, and your local laws.
The US military is always at war
No it's not is that what they tell you in Montana?
@@DiamondVision212 have you actually looked at science-based facts regarding the role of the military and climate change?
Young environmental activism is embodied by Greta Thunberg. A boomer environmental activist is George Manbiot. They both eat a fully plant based diet. Not a coincidence. Going vegan is the single most effective way for each of us to minimize our environmental footprint. "According to the most comprehensive analysis of farming’s impact on the planet, plant-based food is most effective at combatting climate change. Oxford University researcher Joseph Poore, who led the study, said adopting a vegan diet is “the single biggest way to reduce your impact on planet Earth.”
“A vegan diet is probably the single biggest way to reduce your impact on planet Earth, not just greenhouse gases, but global acidification, eutrophication, land use and water use. It is far bigger than cutting down on your flights or buying an electric car,” he explained, which would only reduce greenhouse gas“Avoiding consumption of animal products delivers far better environmental benefits than trying to purchase sustainable meat and dairy,” he added.”. -Joseph Poore, Environmental Science Researcher, University of Oxford.
Joseph Poore switched to a plant based diet after seeing the results of the study.
Links at my channel under "About.
I remember this in the newspaper recently as I live in NW Montana.
🕯️🙏🤘🙏🕯️
Good luck to everyone involved! Actually surprised I haven’t heard about this case because my dad is a plaintiff attorney in Great Falls. Greg Gianforte is a plague to our state and should lead the way for Californians like himself to go back to where they came from.
The complaint is written in the state constitution. I am certain this issue has been there for the last 100 years.
Thank god some in Montana get it that big oil can’t buy everybody’s vote.
Big oil doesn't need any votes! It has the most important product on earth......oil!!
All I'm learning from Montana law recently is that they really hate children.
Lermont, thank you
Well done kids!!! I admire your spirit, your determination to stand up for what's right, and your refusal to accept the status quo. We must do better, or kids like you will pay the price.
The state just needs to change the language in their constitution. Change starts at home. I bet all these kids want their own cars and will drive around town just because.
I didn’t hear any actual solution by these kiddos, just do better Montana. Sure, whatever you say.
Way to go kids I am so proud And have more faith in the future. I hope this is shared with all schools across the country.
“I drive and use tractors but…” so you really want others to change, but not you.
Best of luck to them, anyone denying climate change deserves the worst it’ll bring
If it exists it exists on purpose and serves to implement the one world satanic order
I deny it. You're just a neurotic liberal.
Florida gonna get it the worst. Not only is Florida barely above sea level or below in many areas - it's basically uplifted fossilized coral reef and as oceans become more acidic, more sink holes will open up.
😂 Unfortunately, neither of us will get the worst of it, so I won't bother wishing it on you
If the climate of earth didn't change naturally humanity would have never existed. Now you want to control it to benefit you? Wouldn't that be called "man made climate engineering" for mans benefit? Which is what your fighting, isn't it?
wearing clothes and using ski equipment made of petrochemicals
And recycling them instead of burning them….. hmmmmmm
That was my thought too. It’s great what they are doing yet,it takes a lot of energy to run that chair lift so skiers can don their petroleum based trendy clothing to hit the slopes. Real change has to be across the board. It would be easier to take these people seriously if their lifestyle reflected actual change and accountability.
You're just one more liberal kook losing to the fossil fuel industry! Enjoy
Montana has lots of remote land and relatively little existing development, the State should become a national leader in safe, affordable nuclear power and state-of-the-art electrified railways.
@horace sheffield actually there are proposals right now for a rail line that will run in the southern part of the state, connecting all the main cities from Missoula to Billings to SLC and Minneapolis. There wouldn’t even be any construction needed because it would just utilize currently existing rails.
The only safe, affordable nuclear power plant is located 93 million miles away.
Very smart and responsible kids.
BRAINWASHED GRIFTERS
By repeating what Gteta says. I think NOT.
👍.....Awesome to see this !!!.....interesting about how Montana started and how it impacted government...in Wyoming it was cattle and then also included minerals and fossils fuels
You'd think that with the large swathes of land that isn't populated, Montana would be an ideal state for wind and solar energy farms.
They would never allow that as it requires oils to produce these items. the very thing they are fighting against. Also, it would ruin the land.
Whooooowhooo Professor Bryan!
The rancher chick hasn’t made the switch to electric cars, or tractors so why does she expect the state to?
It's not about survival of the planet, as it has seen worst situations in the past, and as it can heal on its own. It's all about survival of the living beings, one in particular species.
Nevertheless, it's good to see young ones involved in the thoughtfulness.
Stop and think for a second. Where does energy come from? How is it produced? How is it transmitted, and/or stored? What will the impact of switching to alternative energy sources?
@@Bahamuttiamat wow it’s almost like all our energy comes from fossil fuels not because it’s actually useful or good but because the government dumps enormous amounts of money into subsidies. Wind and solar along with kinetic batteries would be a way more ecologically friendly and cheap solution
@@Katie18483 yeaa..noo lmao. those batteries get mined from slave labor in Africa..same with those panels and wind mills. Climate is gonno change regardless of what we do. Climate isn't static lmao. godbless yaa
@@Katie18483 "fossil fuels" are used for all sorts of things not just fuel. The fallacy of clean energy by way of solar and wind stored in batteries can fix all energy issues all while being ecologically friendly and cheap shows no foresight for how this particular industry works. Look into which rare earth minerals are needed in the manufacturing of solar panels and lithium batteries, then you will see how slave labor is used for a "cheap solution" .
@@Katie18483 Let's work through this Katie. You mention kinetic batteries. The best tech for energy storage atm is Lithium-Ion. How do we get Lithium? Mining!! Would you like to mine with tools or should we just use laborers? Tools need oil Katie. Wind-mills need oil and batteries, solar requires batteries and also has byproduct heat potential. Not seeing how any of these options are currently more eco friendly or less expensive. If you can't make alternative energy solutions work without fossil fuels it is not alternative to anything, it's just another form of costly energy that can be used "with" or "because of" fossil fuels.
all these old ppl need to go. we need a limit in gov
God speed and God Bless❤
Montana is same state who banned Tiktok so don't think there is any hope in this lawsuit as well😢
Not giving up hope here…..POWER TO THE PEOPLE !!
God, if a vice expense account paid for that sweater...
Bless these people 🫡 most based Montanians
Take every single petroleum based product away from these kids and tell them to live what they preach. They'll learn.
4:22 It's not all-or-nothing, they don't have to change or convert EVERYTHING immediately. They can start improving _everything possible_ and continue doing so indefinitely. They can start switching high-density areas to renewable energy now and continue rolling it out to more and more areas. The remote ranches and stuff can continue using fossil-fuels along with whatever sustainable options are available until they can cut them completely. What's being -asked- demanded is to START. 😒
Good old-fashioned Common Sense !!
That's already been done. These kids have no case.
So proud of these kids!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
0:45 giving a report while skiing back first down a hill goes hard af
It’s called skiing switch lol
Oh Liz ❤
Yah sue those who fly private and leave the rest of us in peace
Hmmmm…… interesting comment. There’s a lot packed in to that
Whoever is writing these video titles needs a raise.
What's the alternative?
The alternative is going back to basic needs. Every person needs to plan out their week more consciously. Could they bike or bus to work that day, make a list so your not making as many trips to the grocery store, start a basic garden to get your feet wet, think about exercising running from your house or on bike instead of going to the gym. If a family needs to have more then one vehicle because their work makes them then I understand, but if you don't then there is no need for excess cars. Another sad aspect of this is really determining if you want to have a family. I think a lot more millenials are debating having kids because of inflation, possibly gen z as well. It's not so much of a political issue, but an everyday issue for every person.
This should be interesting to see whats going to happen. Montana folks love their meat 🥩 & lets see how much dear & elk can support peoples meat habits? Bet it will not last long bc theres going to be an increase on people hunting & fishing licenses & they will be more expensive.
Reality is everyone will have to put in solar-power in their homes & that cost is higher then power stations. I battary cost ove $1,800.00 for one lithium battery & for a 2 bedroom house the solar system was going to be over $100,000.00. Who has that kind of money seating around in their bank accounts. I do not bc I'm on a fixed in come of $1,500.00 a month & theres older adults that make less then $600.00 a month & they have to choose from either their medicine or there food for that month. Think about it do or would you want to eat beans fixed 7 times a week 7 different ways for that month or 30 to 31 days. Not me bc I have diabetes & then it's going to cause a hole lot of different problems for people & older folks that have to have a certain type of diet.
Diabetes have to eat a crazy diet & i can not afford fresh veggies or fruits on what I make in a month being on a fixed income. All my medications i have to take cost me over $700.00 a month. I can prove this. By the time i pay all my bills for the month I'm luck if I've got $50.00 to my name. I do not go out to eat, go see any movies, go on a date night with my husband of 33 years of marriage & it sucks, but we play cards, board games, watch a movie & do things around the house. We do not even buy our grandchildren presents for Christmas or their birthdays. Really when you have to take 5 insulin shots a day @ $170.00 a month & your husband takes 3 shots a day, you just don't have money to spare for a solar system or a $120,000.00 electric car.
Do these kids know how the lithium batteries are produced anyways. It will cost you well over $150,000.00 dollars to have just a half of a cell wall to power your house with no A/C thru-out the evening & remember temperatures are rising. This also means your going to have to have a 2nd solution to heat your houses in the winter time bc it gets down very cold temperatures in the winter months.
Well wood takes gas to cut it unless you & a friend are going to buck the wood. Don't know what bucking the wood means. Oh wait you will not have electricity to run your computers or cell phones to use google or a surch engine. Oh my God you kids will be lost without your games.
Guess you kids better study up on how hard it was durning the great depression when your great grandparents couldn't find a job or pay for food & medications. A lot of people died, even kids & babies. Bc they had to have them out of hospitals in their homes with no floors & no running water. They used oiled lamps, put out & grew their own gardens & milked their own cows with no automatic milkers. Only with their 2 hands & then had to walk to school in cold weather.
Yeap i hope this lawsuit doesn't come back to bite these kids, suing the government, in their a** called "KARMA" I'M JUST BARELY MAKING IT ON WHAT I GET THRU-OUT THE MONTHS NOW.
Just hope you all think your doing something good for your family & stare!!
Chris from Missouri
How totally cringe
She is one cool journalist
This is awesome.
I’m in Montana and it’s good to know that at least enough of the young ppl here are starting to make bold and determined decisions. So many US citizens have become lazy and indifferent bcuz they already feel like there’s no sense of belonging inside. And inside the Halls of Justice is exactly where these new tribes should accordingly be heading. Which it seems adequately that they are. So good it will be…
They are just spitting out the lies from others. They have no mind of their own. They haven't educated themselves and done their own work. Ask any of them why the glaciers started melting 10,000 years ago and none of them can give an answer. Climate change has been happening for thousands of years and will continue.
Damn Liz is great at skiing backwards
The Montana legislature has just passed legislation to repeal the state energy policy entirely.
What does that mean ??
@@tccragun MT has had a state energy policy since 1993. It's sets out the goals for energy development in the state. It includes fossil fuels, renewable energy sources and up until last session, climate change goals. While it isn't a regulation or law that is enforced against anyone it did serve as at least a little guidance for achieving a sustainable energy mix for the state.
@@Lisatruck Thank you for answering. Hopefully ‘a little guidance’ will go a long way.
Another thing that needs to happen is to make solar more feasible. Right now they are expecting everyday people to take out loans for 40k+ solar panels systems on their house which isn't realistic for most people. They need to do massive grids that are subsidized by the government. Also, carpooling should be less stigmatized we live in a society where people drive around selfishly to show off their ride, but if jobs had more carpooling it wouldn't necessarily cut the amount spent on gas, but would cut down the need for cars and maintenance which would indirectly cut down the need for fossil fuels.
Capitalism caused climate change with a never-ending growth and profit at any cost model. Millionaires and billionaires continue to profit from the status quo. It’s going to take a political revolution to move toward a system that puts people before profit and need over greed. Don’t lose hope. POWER TO THE PEOPLE !!
Solar isn't viable.
@@5rings16 Why?
@@tccragun Not cost effective and the sun doesn't always shine! Learn! Fossil fuels are vastly superior and right for America and Montana especially.
These kids are absolutely wonderful. They are my hope
Nope, they have no clue about what they are talking about nor can they prove anything they are claiming. Wildfires have been happening for thousands of years.
In 1972 that was all we climate fighters goals were, to have a safe and clean environment for the world. The generation before me and everyone cents has done nothing but take take take from Mother Nature thinking the supply was endless and they were search more more more.
17? Go home…
the youth give me so much hope!!!!
Only in the US......
poor rich kids
These kids are alright 🫡
What are the alternative sources they could use for energy? I don't think solar would be too viable up there.
Actually there’s a lot of houses in Montana that utilize solar.
Wind power.
Montana is a *very* windy state, with air just waiting to be harnessed.
@@Cyancat123 There are already huge wind farms here, covered in wind mills, filled with oil...
Solar is getting to be crazy cheap! Investing now would generate huge returns.
Perhaps Montana should go nuclear. It's probably one of the cleaner energy sources that's always on. Solar and wind are sporadic.
They don't have enough rivers to reliably cool fission reactors. Their landscape is perfect for wind, though
The only clean and safe nuclear power plant we need is located 93 million miles away. Cooperatively owned solar photovoltaic combined with pumped storage is the only long-term viable solution. Along with building codes requiring simply orienting for passive solar heating and cooling too! The times they a changin’
Um….okay.
I wish they’d ask what their ACTUAL plan is if they got their way. Montana’s economy is reliant on fossil fuels, if these people got their way you’d economically devastate the state and others like it. It’s also one of the coldest states so battery life on EVs would be cut in half for most of the year.
EVs aren’t the only part of what should be a broad plan. Frankly the easiest solution is nuclear. At this point it’s very safe and clean.
@horace sheffield The ratio of waste generated versus energy provided is very low, and we’ve had very safe methods of storing it for decades at this point.
Montana's carbon impact clearly is not at the detriment as much as cities are which need to start valuing community gardening, ride services, and exercising at the basic level (doing it from home or leaving their house on foot or bike not using a car to go to the gym and get exercise). This would all cut down on the need to drive excessively which will directly reduce the need for fossil fuels.
Montana has a prime landscape and climate for dirt-cheap wind power, but the fossil fuel companies won't make their money if Montana invests in renewables.
Great job. I sell fuel for fire places and wood stoves and soft sulfur coal I dig on the river banks. No natural gas for heating or cooking in Montana. Cutting trees and erroding river banks and burning sulfered coal and wood is so much better for climate change than nasty ole natural gas plus I'll make a lot of money and I'm completely unregulated in a state that has long very Cold Winters 🥶. Thanks again for the boost in business
SWEET! Awesome job Children's Trust.
ROCK ON, KIDS!!
I'm so glad vice is going bankrupt.
All of us conservatives are laughing at vice!! Lol
Thank Jeezy that we finally live in a time where ranchers and farmers can believe in science!
Wtf are u talking about
They don't. If you believe in the science, animals on the farm are contributing to the crisis. These farmers also need the oils and such to function.
VICE NEWS...>>>>>>. Please stay on this story!!!
Creating climate change to fight climate change 😂😂😂 lemmings
OMG grow up.
You first numbnuts.
@@mrunning10He has. They haven't. And that's the truth. They're brainwashed.
Go get'em kids 🤘
And again youngsters give me hope for the future. This young man might become the president of the United States. A career that started when he saw an environmental film ,when he was four years old. Knowing my fantasy is skyrocketing, sometimes dreams come true by writing them down. Go on young man,don´t give up, in the long run even set backs make you strong.
Feel the bern
Young environmental activism is embodied by Greta Thunberg. A boomer environmental activist is George Manbiot. They both eat a fully plant based diet. Not a coincidence. Going vegan is the single most effective way for each of us to minimize our environmental footprint. "According to the most comprehensive analysis of farming’s impact on the planet, plant-based food is most effective at combatting climate change. Oxford University researcher Joseph Poore, who led the study, said adopting a vegan diet is “the single biggest way to reduce your impact on planet Earth.”
“A vegan diet is probably the single biggest way to reduce your impact on planet Earth, not just greenhouse gases, but global acidification, eutrophication, land use and water use. It is far bigger than cutting down on your flights or buying an electric car,” he explained, which would only reduce greenhouse gas“Avoiding consumption of animal products delivers far better environmental benefits than trying to purchase sustainable meat and dairy,” he added.”. -Joseph Poore, Environmental Science Researcher, University of Oxford.
Joseph Poore switched to a plant based diet after seeing the results of the study.
Links at my channel under "About.
Cameraman was smooth on the skis and filming
so what's the answer? More batteries for wind or solar? You know how bad batteries are for the planet right? not to mention the horrible mining that happens for those materials
Kinetic batteries….. also known as pumped storage…… search it
Love it how Rikki relies on fossil fuel yet wants to sue the state! IF one wants change they need to be an example of the change they want
They benefit too greatly to realize how much they rely on these corporations they are complaining about.
No fossil fuels in Montana? Lol sure. Have everyone drive ev's? The distance between some towns is beyond the battery range of those cars.
Over time, lifestyles and communities will change…… Noli Timere
It looks quite nice there
Go a head let’s end this economy I’m tired of sending money from our fossil fuels to the Ukraine anyway
This kid has too much steeze.
He obviously didn't file it himself. His parents had to have filed it on his behalf, because you can't sue on your own until your 18 years old.
I love how the defendants insinuate this is “perpetuated by an out of state special interest group” and call this a “judicial… green new deal”. Literally just pulling out all the stops in argumentative rhetoric instead of dealing with any of the facts.
Because its true.. Do you think a bunch of teenagers are paying the thousands of dollars it costs for a major lawsuit? No, some intrest group saw the law of MT and wanted to advantage of it so they picked up a bunch of kids to front it for the headlines while they funded and litigated everything. Whether you want to believe some outside interest group has benevolent intentions in doing this is the question.
I'm just so proud of these kids!
So Proud of you all!!
These kids don’t seem to even know what they are talking about and just regurgitating what they were told. I’m all for renewable energy but this isn’t a good look.
Good job kids
Baby boomers are offended 😂
Fossil fuels are the future!!