Citizen action works
“In the past most courts have held that a mere environmental interest was not enough, that it didn’t give you sufficient “skin in the game” to be permitted to file a lawsuit. … in the state courts of Alaska, that has changed. She hasn’t won the case. But she did win the right to bring her case. She has established that her non-consumptive use, an aesthetic and environmental interest, gives her standing to sue.”
#Alaska #Courts #Environment #Nature
https://wickershamsconscience.wordpress.com/2025/02/17/a-little-bit-of-good-news-to-alaskans/
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