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Youth And Their Attorneys Push Back On Government Attempts To Avoid Accountability In US Climate Lawsuits

Youth And Their Attorneys Push Back On Government Attempts To Avoid Accountability In US Climate Lawsuits

Attorneys representing young Americans in two separate constitutional climate lawsuits - one at the state level in Montana and the other against the federal government - have filed response briefs as government defendants in each case seek to evade accountability through the courts for policies and actions that exacerbate dangerous

Why Is The Biden DOJ Blocking A Landmark Youth Climate Suit?

Why Is The Biden DOJ Blocking A Landmark Youth Climate Suit?

Piece originally published by Drilled In late December, a federal district court judge in Oregon issued a ruling that put a landmark youth constitutional climate lawsuit against the federal government firmly back on path towards trial. “The judiciary is capable and duty-bound to provide redress for the irreparable harm government

Montana Defendants Claim Trial Judge "Had No Authority" To Rule On Historic Youth Climate Case

Montana Defendants Claim Trial Judge "Had No Authority" To Rule On Historic Youth Climate Case

In August 2023, Montana District Court Judge Kathy Seeley issued what has been described as a “landmark” and “historic” win for the sixteen young people who sued their state government over a policy that bans regulators from even considering climate change in routine environmental impact assessments. Following a seven-day trial

Ontario Court Of Appeal Hears Landmark Youth Climate Case

Ontario Court Of Appeal Hears Landmark Youth Climate Case

The youth climate activists from Ontario, Canada challenging their provincial government’s scaled back climate policy through the courts continue their battle for accountability as their case came before the appellate court this week in a critical hearing. On January 15, the Ontario Court of Appeal heard oral arguments in

Youth Climate Case Against US Government Should Go To Trial, Court Rules (Again)

Youth Climate Case Against US Government Should Go To Trial, Court Rules (Again)

A federal trial court judge in Oregon has rejected the US government’s latest attempts to quash the constitutional climate case Juliana v. United States, once again allowing the youth-led civil rights lawsuit to advance to trial. In a ruling issued on December 29, 2023, US District Judge Ann Aiken

Youth Climate Lawsuit Against Canadian Climate Policy Can Go To Trial, Court Rules

Youth Climate Lawsuit Against Canadian Climate Policy Can Go To Trial, Court Rules

Story originally published by DeSmog A federal appeals court in Canada breathed new life into a youth-led constitutional climate lawsuit against the Canadian government, allowing it to proceed towards trial on a narrower scope and partially reversing the trial court’s ruling that the entire case should be tossed. In

"Sounding The Alarm," A New Youth Lawsuit Seeks Climate Action By EPA

"Sounding The Alarm," A New Youth Lawsuit Seeks Climate Action By EPA

Story originally published by The New Lede US environmental regulators have allowed “dangerous levels of climate pollution” to destabilize the climate system with horrific impacts that will worsen over time, according to allegations laid out in a federal lawsuit filed Sunday by a group of California youth. “We are running

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