LINCOLN- A group of young people descended on the Capitol on Wednesday in hopes of convincing state lawmakers to support adding a “Green Amendment” to the Nebraska Constitution. Such an amendment — which would require approval by Nebraska voters — would give citizens a legal right to a “clean and healthy environment,” including “pure water,” clean air and “healthy soils.”

Advocates said the language would grant citizens and communities a pathway to sue state regulators if they weren’t taking steps to protect the environment, or had taken steps that harm it. Some cited the example of the AltEn ethanol plant in Mead, which had skirted state environmental rules for years before the state eventually shut it down in 2021. State Sen. George Dungan of Lincoln is the main sponsor of the proposal, Legislative Resolution 22CA. He said Wednesday that he introduced the measure after being inspired by the activism of young people to protect the environment.

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