Oliver Moore, 7, of Montpelier, Vermont, listens to a speaker during a rally to end the use of fossil fuels, in New York, Sunday, Sept. 17, 2023.

Youth take 32 nations to court over climate inaction

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Oliver Moore, 7, of Montpelier, Vermont, listens to a speaker during a rally to end the use of fossil fuels, in New York, Sunday, Sept. 17, 2023.

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Today at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, six Portuguese people between the ages of 11 and 24 years old are presenting their case. They accuse the 32 members of the European Union of violating their human rights for what they say is a failure to adequately address climate change. And, NASA astronaut Frank Rubio returned to Earth from the international space station today. Rubio’s return along with Russian cosmonauts comes at a time when US-Russia relations are in question. Also, “fast fashion” routinely borrows the designs of Southeast Asia’s Indigenous weavers in the hill tribes of Laos, Thailand and Vietnam. Now some are calling it plagiarism. Plus, a modern take on an ancient Chinese folktale. 

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6 young people take nations to court over climate inaction
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‘Fast fashion’ routinely borrows designs of Southeast Asia’s Indigenous weavers. Now some are calling it plagiarism.
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Cast members perform during a rehearsal of the opera "Monkey: A Kung Fu Puppet Parable" at the Emerson Paramount Center in Boston, Sept. 20, 2023.
A modern take on an ancient Chinese folk tale
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