Alaska High Court Questions Youth Attempt to Block LNG Project

The Alaska Supreme Court pressed youth climate plaintiffs Wednesday on their arguments that a proposed natural gas project violates the state constitution, questioning how it differs from past lawsuits over the issue.

Less than two minutes into Our Children’s Trust attorney Andrew Welle’s testimony on behalf of eight youth plaintiffs who sued the state over the Alaska LNG project, Justice Dario Borghesan started asking how this case differs from Sagoonick 1. In that case, the court in a split 2022 decision affirmed the lower court’s decision to dismiss, finding the plaintiffs’ claims were a non-justiciable challenge to the state’s ...