Xiuhtezcatl Martinez

Wow.

Yeah.

Do you actually hope that he'll see his day in court?

So, myself and 20 other young people are actually already plaintiffs in the lawsuit that has been in place since 2015 against the Obama administration.

We were...

and then transferred over to Trump when he was elected, which we were kind of stoked about.

Like, it was way more satisfying to say we're suing Trump than it was to say we're suing Obama.

But you're suing no matter what.

You're going.

We believe that our federal government is violating our constitutional rights.

They are infringing upon our rights by colluding with the fossil fuel industry to create this crisis, supporting the very industries that are creating climate change.

So it's February 5th, we actually have our date in trial.

So there was motions to dismiss that were filed from the most powerful government, or one of the most powerful governments on the planet, and the fossil fuel industry.

They were trying to get our lawsuit thrown out of court.

After two different judges reviewed this motion to dismiss, they said, we do have the right to take this to trial.

So February 5th is our trial date.

We are hoping that what will happen is that the courts will force the federal government to enforce massive climate recovery plans that have been put together by the top climate scientists in the world

to reduce our greenhouse gas footprint as a nation back down to a safe level for our generation.