Meet the new Greta…Eva Lighthiser! Eva v Goliath: The 20-year-old airplane flying climate activist suing Trump for ‘violating constitutional rights’ – ‘Young Americans are suing the president for violating rights with executive orders that fuel the climate crisis’
By Admin
May 20, 2026
7:11 pm
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/may/20/eva-lighthiser-trump-climateMeet the new Greta…Eva! Eva v Goliath: the 20-year-old climate activist taking on Trump and the fossil fuel industry – Young Americans are suing the president for violating rights with executive orders that fuel the climate crisis – She and 22 other young Americans are accusing the US federal government of violating their constitutional rights by passing executive orders boosting planet-warming fossil fuels.
By Dharna Noor – UK Guardian
Excerpt: Eva Lighthiser was at a dorm party on her Colorado college campus last month when she had to call it an early night.
“I said, ‘Hey, I’ve got to go to bed, I’m flying out to Portland tomorrow,’ and then of course follow-up questions get raised,” she said. “I’m like, ‘Well, it’s a lot to explain.’”
When the 20-year-old climate activist isn’t deciding her major – she is leaning toward environmental studies – she is preparing testimony for her lawsuit against the US president, Lighthiser v Trump. She and 22 other young Americans are accusing the US federal government of violating their constitutional rights by passing executive orders boosting planet-warming fossil fuels.
https://www.climatedepot.com/2026/05/20/meet-the-new-greta-eva-lighthiser-eva-v-goliath-the-20-year-old-airplane-flying-climate-activist-suing-trump-for-violating-constitutional-rights-young-americans-are-suing-the-president-for/
