Mass. Madness : SJC sides with teens in global warming fight

The Boston Herald reports:

Four Massachusetts teens who say they were sick of watching the state drag its feet on global warming went to court — and yesterday came away with a historic victory that could have lasting effects for decades.

The Supreme Judicial Court has sided with Olivia Gieger and Shamus Miller of Wellesley High School, and Isabel Kain and James Coakley of Boston Latin School — high school kids who sued the Department of Environmental Protection. The court agreed with them that the state has failed to fulfill its legal obligation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

“It’s so surreal. I always 
believed in what we were doing, so it was such an amazing moment to see the results,” said Gieger, 17. “It’s amazing to see what effect we can have.”

The students were joined by the Mass Energy Consumers Alliance and lawyers from the Conservation Law Foundation. They argued that the state misinterpreted the Global Warming Solutions Act — a 2008 state law that requires a 25-percent reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 and an 80-percent 
reduction by 2050.

They should be called "students for central planning" of the economy. They certainly give new meaning to "standing" in court. Those judges that signed off on this : sure are radical.