“It is only in the cracks of division that corruption can seep in and pollution can spew out.”

— Jerome Foster II

https://www.democracynow.org/2019/9/20/youth_climate_lawsuit_juliana_v_united#transcript https://www.democracynow.org/2019/9/20/youth_climate_lawsuit_juliana_v_united#transcript DemocracyNow (20 September 2019)

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