La Rose v. His Majesty the King, Week One: Ten Young Plaintiffs Testify as Canada’s Youth Climate Trial Builds Its Record | Sustainable Action Now Sustainable Action NowClimate & Youth Trial Update · Week One · Vancouver Federal Court Our Youth · Climate Litigation La Rose v. His Majesty the King, Week One: Ten Young
🌿 SAN Climate Justice · Youth Litigation · Canada · October 2026 After Seven Years, Fifteen Young Canadians Finally Got Into That Courtroom. The Crowd Outside Erupted When They Did. On October 26, 2026, La Rose v. His Majesty the King went to trial in Vancouver, British Columbia. The case was filed in October 2019.
🎖️ SAN Prison Reform · Research · Veterans · Criminal Justice The Longer a Veteran Served, the Fewer Arrests They Accumulated. New Research Added to the Prison Policy Initiative Research Library Puts a Number on Something the System Has Largely Ignored. Research by Dr. Erika J. Brooke and Dr. Jacinta M. Gau, published in Criminal
La Rose v. His Majesty the King Opens Monday: How to Watch Canada’s Landmark Youth Climate Trial | Sustainable Action Now Sustainable Action NowClimate & Energy Trial Opens Monday, October 26 · Vancouver Climate · Youth Litigation La Rose v. His Majesty the King Opens Monday: How to Watch Canada’s Landmark Youth Climate Trial Seven
In late October, fifteen young Canadians who were as young as seven when they first filed suit will walk into a federal courtroom in Vancouver to argue that their government’s climate policy is violating their constitutional rights. No youth-led case has ever gone this far in Canadian legal history. Seven Years, Fifteen Plaintiffs, One Trial:
Fifteen Wisconsin Kids. One Constitutional Fight. A Future That Belongs to Them. Read More »
Our Youth, Climate, SAN NewsThey can’t vote. They didn’t cause this crisis. But they are standing up anyway, for Wisconsin’s waters and climate, and for every child who will inherit the world we leave behind. 🌍 SAN Our Youth · Climate Justice Fifteen Wisconsin Kids. One Constitutional Fight. A Future That Belongs to Them. They can’t vote. They didn’t
This Women’s History Month is not only a moment of reflection—it is a clear line of continuity between legacy and acceleration. The story of progress is no longer confined to the pioneers who first demanded change; it is now being actively rewritten by a new generation of young women who are stepping forward with urgency,
Across the United States, a new generation is stepping into courtrooms not as observers, but as plaintiffs—challenging the very policies that will define the climate they inherit. On April 13, 2026, 22 young Americans will stand before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Lighthiser v. Trump, a case that is rapidly becoming one of
Last week in Los Angeles, the wind outside a young woman’s home reached nearly 60 miles per hour. Rain pounded the roof. Thunder cracked overhead. These are not typical late-winter conditions for Southern California. Just weeks earlier, temperatures were unseasonably cold. Soon, the region will swing toward extreme heat. For 19-year-old Genesis—Afro-Indigenous and Mexican—this instability
A momentous milestone for climate justice is approaching in Canada. This month marks exactly one year until the historic trial of La Rose v. His Majesty the King—the first federal youth-led climate lawsuit in Canadian history to reach trial. This landmark case, filed by 15 determined young people from across the nation, challenges the federal