Climate change suit by Hawaii keiki advances - Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Climate change suit by Hawaii keiki advances | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
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Kaliko T., 12, is among 14 youth plaintiffs suing the state Department of Transportation for allegedly not doing enough about climate change.
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Kaliko T., 12, is among 14 youth plaintiffs suing the state Department of Transportation for allegedly not doing enough about climate change.
Related Knowledge Center: Climate science
What began as a theory in the 1890s — that industrial emissions of carbon dioxide could increase global temperatures — had progressed to a scientific fact a century later. Scientists across a range of disciplines are studying the impact of the still-growing concentration of carbon dioxide and other so-called “greenhouse gases” in the atmosphere as they call for industrial and governmental policies to slow, then halt, the warming of the planet.