Season 2, Episode 11 – Andrea Rodgers
For our season finale, we have Andrea Rogers, a Senior Litigation Attorney at Our Children’s Trust. For over a decade, Andrea has been successfully litigating in the climate space and serves as co-counsel in Juliana v. United States, Held v. State of Montana, and Navahine F. v. Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation, and supports a number of other youth-led cases.
In light of the most recent win in Held v. State of Montana, where the judge ruled that the state’s failure to consider climate change when approving fossil fuel projects was unconstitutional, we wanted an inside scoop about all ongoing youth-led climate cases. In this episode, Ashley and Andrea discuss the role of legal precedent in case law, the landscape of current legal challenges, how this work found her, the wins we can celebrate, what inspires her, why a judicial strategy is required to make political change happen, a picture of the world if these cases continue to win, and more.
This is a great episode for anyone curious about how we can use litigation as a tool to both address the climate crisis and give young people a voice in the face of a political system that can often create a feeling of powerlessness.
