{"id":125,"date":"2024-04-03T03:51:23","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T03:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/?page_id=125"},"modified":"2024-05-03T05:05:33","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T05:05:33","slug":"georgianna-fischer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/index.php\/georgianna-fischer\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgianna Fischer"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"125\" class=\"elementor elementor-125\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ae2669 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8ae2669\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d03fda4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d03fda4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 18-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"713\" src=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_7532_2-edited-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-241\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_7532_2-edited-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_7532_2-edited-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_7532_2-edited-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_7532_2-edited.jpg 1124w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">(Courtesy Georgianna Fischer)<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b01f37 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6b01f37\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d257efd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d257efd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 18-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At just 17 years old, Georgianna Fischer, now a senior at the University of New Hampshire, was one of 16 youth plaintiffs in the landmark court case Held v. Montana. \u2014 the first youth-led climate lawsuit to go to trial. The plaintiffs sued the state for violating their right to a \u201cclean and healthy environment,\u201d citing a provision in the Montana Environmental Policy Act that bans state agencies from considering greenhouse gas emissions during environmental reviews.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In high school, Fischer wrote an opinion piece for her local newspaper highlighting how the climate has changed around her as she\u2019s grown up.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt was about how dissatisfied and kind of angry I was,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m a cross country skier and I had just come back from a ski trip where we had to ski over patches of grass and stuff \u2014 and how I don\u2019t think climate change should be a political issue.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-912b674 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"912b674\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8e0567 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e8e0567\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32acbd5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"32acbd5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_1765-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-294\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_1765-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_1765-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_1765-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_1765-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_1765-810x1080.jpeg 810w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_1765-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Fischer became interested in the policy side of environmental science after taking part in the lawsuit. (Courtesy Georgianna Fischer)<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83a275f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"83a275f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25c0d20 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"25c0d20\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That wasn\u2019t the only time Fischer saw the effects of climate change firsthand. She remembers the amount of snow decreasing every year, and fires so bad she couldn\u2019t see across the street.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A family friend of Fischer\u2019s read the opinion piece and reached out to her because she had heard about the lawsuit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cShe set me up for a call with the lawyers and I hopped on that right away, because I knew I really wanted to be a part of something that can make a systematic change,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Aug. 14, 2023, a district judge ruled in favor of the youth plaintiffs in a victory that some environmental lawyers called the \u201cstrongest decision\u201d on climate change by a court.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI\u2019m not a very extroverted person, so it was definitely a big step out of my comfort zone,\u201d she said. \u201cBut I knew that I really wanted to share my story. I was definitely nervous, but then once I was up there, I focused on my lawyer who was asking me questions and in the end it was just super rewarding. I just felt like I\u2019d really been a part of something big and something important.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p>But on Feb. 13, Montana officials filed an appeal to the state\u2019s Supreme Court, saying the decision \u201cglossed over basic jurisdictional thresholds.\u201d The plaintiffs filed their opening brief last month and amicus briefs of support are pouring in, but the outcome of the case remains uncertain for now.<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e01f802 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e01f802\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b5773c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2b5773c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But on Feb. 13, Montana officials filed an appeal to the state\u2019s Supreme Court, saying the decision \u201cglossed over basic jurisdictional thresholds.\u201d The plaintiffs filed their opening brief last month and amicus briefs of support are pouring in, but the outcome of the case remains uncertain for now.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cPeople do care and people are listening to the stories of young people,\u201d Fischer said. \u201cAnd that&#8217;s not to say it&#8217;s an easy road, and this lawsuit is really just the first step of many that needs to be taken, nut I think young people really have a strong voice in this and we really just need to let our voices be heard and fight for our rights as <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">human beings our right to clean and healthy environment.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Courtesy Georgianna Fischer) At just 17 years old, Georgianna Fischer, now a senior at the University of New Hampshire, was one of 16 youth plaintiffs in the landmark court case Held v. 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The plaintiffs sued the state for violating their right to a \u201cclean &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/index.php\/georgianna-fischer\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Georgianna Fischer&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-125","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125"}],"version-history":[{"count":53,"href":"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":727,"href":"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/125\/revisions\/727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}