Young climate activists in Oregon have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to revive their long-running lawsuit against the federal government in which they argued they have a constitutional right to a climate that sustains life.

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Young climate activists in Oregon are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to revive their long-running lawsuit against the federal government

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Young climate activists in Oregon are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to revive their long-running lawsuit against the federal government. The Oregonian reports that the petition filed Thursday asks the

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Young climate activists ask Supreme Court to revive their lawsuit against the government

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Young climate activists in Oregon are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to revive their long-running lawsuit against the federal government. The Oregonian reports that the petition filed Thursday asks the high court to reverse a rejection of the lawsuit issued by a federal appeals court panel earlier this year. The petition seeks to have the ruling thrown out and the case sent back to federal court in Oregon for trial. The landma…

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EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Young climate activists in Oregon have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to revive their long-running lawsuit against the federal government in which they argued they have […]

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A group of youth asked the Supreme Court to resurrect their dismissed lawsuit that alleges the U.S. government’s energy policies violate their purported right to be protected from a changing climate.
The lawsuit was originally filed in 2015 by 21 young Americans in the federal district court in Oregon.
The petitioners’ attorney, Julia A. Olson of the Oregon-based law firm Our Children’s Trust told The Epoch Times the petition for a writ of manda…

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Youth Activists Ask US Supreme Court to Revive Dismissed Climate Lawsuit

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Young climate activists in Oregon have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to revive their long-running lawsuit against the federal government in which they argued they have a constitutional right to a climate that sustains life. Their petition, filed Thursday, asks the high court to reverse a rejection of the lawsuit issued by a federal appeals court panel earlier this year, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported. It seeks to have the r…

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Attorneys for a group of young people suing the federal government over climate change have filed a petition to the U.S. Supreme Court in the hopes of keeping their lawsuit alive.Juliana v. United States was filed almost 10 years ago in Eugene federal court. It claims the government encourages policies that harm the environment and that it’s the constitutional right of citizens to have a healthy climate.Julia Olson, with Our Children’s Trust, is…

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Young plaintiffs seek US Supreme Court’s help to bring their climate lawsuit to trial in Eugene

The landmark case was filed in 2015 by 21 plaintiffs who were between the ages of 8 and 18 at the time.

Young climate activists ask US Supreme Court to revive their lawsuit against the government

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