LINCOLN- At the recent Nebraska Youth Climate Summit, about 200 high school and college students were told that it’s time for Nebraska to consider adopting a “Green Amendment” to its state constitution to ensure a clean environment during a time of climate change. A draft proposal, tailored for Nebraska in hopes of mollifying expected opposition from farm groups, is posted on the website of the Green Amendments for the Generations website.

"It is a tool for people to protect themselves and the environment they live in,” said Sheridan Macy, an Omaha native and recent law school graduate. Macy was one of the featured speakers at the recent Nebraska Youth Climate Summit, which was launched in 2016 as a way to educate young people about environmental issues and empower them to do something about public policies. Ken Winston of Interfaith Power and Light said that gathering sufficient signatures to put such an amendment before Nebraska voters would be expensive.

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