Trump Defeats Youth in Climate Change Suit on Energy Policy (1)

A group of youth plaintiffs lost their bid to reverse the dismissal of their case against three energy-focused executive orders from President Donald Trump.

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit wrote in an unpublished opinion Tuesday that the plaintiffs didn’t sufficiently show how their alleged harms came from the executive orders, which declared an energy emergency and encouraged fossil fuel use, including coal.

“Plaintiffs can only speculate that the Executive Orders are the cause of the many agency actions they allege will exacerbate climate change,” the panel said.

Blocking agencies from implementing the executive orders is a ...