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= Youth Climate Intervenors = The Youth Climate Intervenors is a group of 13 Minnesota youth who gained legal status as an intervening party in the lawsuits filed against the Line 3 pipeline project. On May 12, 2017, eight of the 13 members argued their case in front of Administrative Law Judge Ann O'Reilly, arguing that as young people, they would be uniquely affected by the climate impacts of Line 3. These arguments ranged from increased food prices, electricity bills, and costs of living, to the excessive danger from severe heat waves and disproportionate impacts on indigenous people. On July 5, 2017 the group was granted full legal status as an intervening party.

As a group, the Youth Climate Intervenors are uniquely positioned as being comprised entirely of people under the age of 25 and representing themselves in court. Though many of them volunteer for various environmental organizations, the group maintains its agency and presents their voices as young people. The group first came together due to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) unanimously approving the Certificate of Need and Route Permit for Line 3 in 2018. This was after soliciting public input, most of which opposed the project. Of the nearly 70,000 individual comments submitted, 68,244, or 94%, were in opposition.

Since forming, the group has appealed the Certificate of Need for Line 3 three times, with an ongoing appeal currently occurring.

Legal Appeals
Currently, the Youth Climate Intervenors are appealing the Certificate of Need granted by the Public Utilities Commission for Line 3. Also appealing this permit are various environmental organization and indigenous groups such as Sierra Club, Friends of the Headwaters, Honor the Earth, the White Earth band of Ojibwe, the Red Lake Nation, and the Minnesota Department of Commerce.

Members

 * Akilah Sanders-Reed
 * Brent Murcia
 * Margaret Breen
 * Sarah Harper
 * Frances Weatherall
 * Jada Brown
 * Sophia Manolis
 * Nina Bergland
 * Nolan Bergland
 * Rose Whipple
 * Jordan Morgan
 * Andrea Aaberg
 * Isabel Watson