The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit threw out a lawsuit brought by 22 young Americans who claimed President Trump’s executive orders on energy policy endangered their health and the climate. The panel found the plaintiffs had no legal standing to bring the case.
Tuesday’s ruling affirmed a lower court’s conclusion that the young people failed to show they suffered a concrete injury, and failed to show any court could remedy the harms they alleged. It marks the second time in recent years that federal courts have shut the door on youth-driven climate litigation targeting executive-branch energy decisions.
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