Eight young people have filed a lawsuit against the state of Florida for violating their Constitutional right to a safe climate...[T]he young plaintiffs allege that Florida officials are contributing to climate change by permitting and licensing fossil fuel activities.  The young people are asking the court to order the state to create a science-based plan to curb climate change...Because Florida’s constitution recognizes the public trust doctrine, the suit says, state officials are legally obligated to protect the state’s natural resources...Plaintiffs do not allege the defendants have failed to act against climate change, but instead say the state has exacerbated the problem with policies that perpetuate an energy system based on greenhouse gas-emitting fossil fuels...As a result of climate change, Florida is already experiencing more extreme precipitation events, ocean acidification and sunny day flooding due to rising sea levels.  Doctors have also reported an increase in heat-related illnesses and other health-related climate impacts.  The plaintiffs allege that by failing to protect the state’s natural resources, the defendants are denying their fundamental rights to liberty, pursuit of happiness and property, and personal and economic health, safety and well-being...