{"id":403207,"date":"2025-09-19T09:10:39","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T07:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=403207"},"modified":"2025-09-19T09:10:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T07:10:41","slug":"our-childrens-trust-launches-a-youth-climate-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=403207","title":{"rendered":"Our Children\u2019s Trust Launches a Youth Climate Lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Essay by\u00a0<\/strong>Eric Worrall<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This time aimed personally at President Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2018A better future is possible\u2019: Youths sue Trump over climate change<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Issam AHMED AFP
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Smoke-choked air that fills their lungs, floods threatening their homes and debilitating heat: a group of young Americans testified Tuesday that President Donald Trump\u2019s fossil-fuel push is trampling their inalienable rights.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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They are also contesting the government\u2019s actions undermining federal climate science, from firing scientists to removing critical reports. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Michael Sawyer, representing the Trump administration, countered that the case itself undermined democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is, at its core, an anti-democratic lawsuit,\u201d he argued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe just had an election. One of the major issues in that election was a dueling perspective on emissions, energy policy, and they are now stepping in and asking the court to overrule the results.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026Read more:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.cbs19news.com\/trumps-fossil-fuel-agenda-challenged-in-youth-climate-suit\/article_90c1ba59-dd1d-5f75-b44e-706afa91e834.html<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The last children\u2019s climate lawsuit was thrown out by the Supreme Court in 2025, on the basis that it was beyond the power of the courts to supervise such remedies, that climate policy was more suitably addressed by elected representatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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US Supreme Court Rejects Long Running Youth Climate Lawsuit<\/a><\/blockquote>