US court dismisses suit by youths over climate change

US court dismisses suit by youths over climate change https://ift.tt/38gEQ8j January 17, 2020 at 11:32PM Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/27ryfmF

A federal appeals court on Friday dismissed a lawsuit by 21 young people who claimed the U.S. government's climate policies and reliance on fossil fuels harms them, jeopardizes their future and violates their constitutional rights, potentially dealing a fatal blow to a long-running case that activists saw as an important front in the war against environmental degradation. The Oregon-based youth advocacy group Our Children's Trust filed the lawsuit in 2015 in Eugene on behalf of the youngsters. It sought an injunction ordering the government to implement a plan to phase out fossil fuel emissions and draw down atmospheric carbon dioxide emission.

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