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Children’s Climate Lawsuit

Can the Latest Youth Climate Case Win Where Others Have Failed?

In Lighthiser v. Trump, 22 young people are asking a federal court to declare executive orders that “unleash” fossil fuels unconstitutional. They face some of the same challenges that led to the dismissal of another famous climate case.

By Elisabeth Kwak-Hefferan

 Olivia Vesovitch (center), Georgi Fischer (right) and Eva Lighthiser (back) arrive at the U.S. District Court of Montana in Missoula on Sept. 16. Credit: Elisabeth Kwak-Hefferan
First responders rescue people from flooding in their homes on Aug. 10 after 13 inches of rain fell overnight in Wauwatosa, Wis. Credit: Andy Manis/Getty Images

15 Children in Wisconsin File the Latest Youth Lawsuit Citing Climate Dangers

By Dana Drugmand
Olivia Vesovich, who lives in Missoula, Montana, is one of the 22 young plaintiffs represented by Our Children’s Trust. Credit: Tailyr Irvine/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Trump Executive Orders Violate Young People’s Rights to a Stable Climate, a Lawsuit Alleges

By Amy Green

A Teenage Floridian Has Spent Half His Life Involved in Climate Litigation. He’s Not Giving Up

By Amy Green
Old lodgepole pines in Montana killed by the mountain pine beetle stand beside young, healthy trees in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

In Montana, Children File Suit to Protect ‘the Last Best Place’

By Judy Fahys
Young plaintiffs stand outside a courthouse in 2017. Credit: Robin Loznak

Kids’ Climate Lawsuit Thrown Out by Appeals Court

By David Hasemyer, Nicholas Kusnetz
Richmond, California, home to a Chevron refinery near San Francisco Bay, in one of several cities suing fossil fuel companies over climate change. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Fossil Fuels on Trial: Where the Major Climate Change Lawsuits Stand Today

By David Hasemyer
Young plaintiffs in the children's climate lawsuit are already feeling the effects of climate change. Credit: Robin Loznak

Kids Face Rising Health Risks from Climate Change, Doctors Warn as Juliana Case Returns to Court

By Nina Pullano
Rhode Island in 2018 became the first state to sue the fossil fuel industry over climate change. Credit: John Greim/LightRocket via Getty Images

A Surge of Climate Lawsuits Targets Human Rights, Damage from Fossil Fuels

By Nicholas Kusnetz
Some of the young plaintiffs in the children's climate lawsuit wait to enter a court hearing in the case. Credit: Robin Loznak

Another Delay in Children’s Climate Lawsuit, Days After U.S. Supreme Court Allowed It to Proceed

By ICN STAFF
Plaintiffs in the children's climate lawsuit want the federal government to act on climate change. Credit: Robin Loznak

Children's Climate Lawsuit Delayed Until U.S. Supreme Court Rules

By Nicholas Kusnetz
Anacortes Refinery in Washington, with Mount Baker in the background. Credit: Walter Siegmund/CC-SA-3.0

Judge Dismisses Washington State's Children's Climate Lawsuit

By Georgina Gustin
Nobel-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz. Credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images

Nobel-Winning Economist to Testify in Children’s Climate Lawsuit

By Georgina Gustin
In coastal Alaska, communities count on winter sea ice to buffer the shore from damaging waves. The ice is disappearing and erosion is getting worse as the Arctic warms twice as fast the global average. Credit: Sabrina Shankman

Kids Challenge Alaska’s Climate Paradox: State Promotes Oil as Global Warming Wreaks Havoc

By Sabrina Shankman
Hurricane Irma flooded parts of Jacksonville, Florida. Credit: Sean Rayford/Getty Images

Florida Kids Sue Over Climate Change: You Have 'Moral Obligation' to Protect Us

By Georgina Gustin
Young plaintiffs are suing the U.S. over its responsibility to address climate change. Photo courtesy of Robin Loznak/ZUMAPRESS.com

Children’s Climate Lawsuit Heads to Trial After Trump Admin. Fails to Block It

By Nicholas Kusnetz
Several of the young plaintiffs who are suing the federal government over their constitutional right to a stable climate were in the federal appeals court on Monday to listen to the arguments. Credit: Robin Loznak

Judges Question Trump Admin. Effort to Get Kids’ Climate Lawsuit Dismissed

By Nicholas Kusnetz
Jayden Foytlin is one of 21 children and young adults who are suing the government over climate change

Appeals Court Takes Up Youth Climate Change Lawsuit Against Trump

By Neela Banerjee

Trial Date Set for Children’s Climate Lawsuit Against U.S. Government

By Neela Banerjee

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