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June 5, 2019 - 21 young people are suing the US government, claiming a constitutional right to a stable climate. Here's what happened in court.

March 21, 2019 - Vogue: Do Americans Have a Constitutional Right to a Livable Planet? Meet the 21 Young People Who Say They Do

December 2018: Speech at UN event honoring the 70th anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights.

February 27, 2017: Meet the Students Taking the Government to School, and to Court, in Landmark Climate Change Lawsuit - The 74

November 21, 2016: Alex Loznak, plaintiff in climate lawsuit (NYC press conference) - MSN

November 19, 2016: Meet the kids suing the US government for ruining the earth for future generations - Business Insider

November 15, 2016: The Plucky Millennials Racing to Save the World From Donald Trump - New Republic

November 11, 2016: Federal judge gives green light to climate case involving 2 Douglas County teens - The News Review

July 7, 2016: Youth Activist Alex Loznak on Climate Change - Climate You

March 2016: Interview with Alex Loznak, Youth Activist, Our Children’s Trust - Equity For Children

Alex Loznak

Age: 26, Hometown: Oakland, OR

"We need to reduce carbon emissions now, in order to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. The Federal Government's support for new fossil fuel infrastructure is fundamentally inconsistent with that goal." 

Alex Loznak is a junior at Columbia University in New York City, with a major in Sustainable Development. He goes to college a long way from the Oregon farm that has been in his family for seven generations. His great, great, great, great grandmother, Martha Poindexter Maupin, founded the farm in 1868 (she was one of the first women in Oregon to own a ranch) after arriving in the area by way of the Oregon Trail. The Maupin Century Farm is a foundational piece of Alex's life and heritage. However, the drought conditions, unusually hot temperatures, and abnormally large nearby wildfires are harming and will increasingly harm Alex’s home. Alex started a Climate Change Club at Roseburg High School, started the League of Umpqua Climate Youth (“LUCY”), and has lobbied his state legislators to pass comprehensive climate legislation. He has now also conducted extensive research for this lawsuit, including uncovering President John F. Kennedy's knowledge of human-caused climate change.