Recent Supreme Court precedent played a central role in district court arguments Friday to resuscitate the so-called kids’ climate case with narrower claims.
Attorneys for 21 youth plaintiffs in Juliana v. U.S. met the federal government for arguments at the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon in efforts to resurrect their climate case with amended claims.
The youth plaintiffs claim their constitutional rights to a stable climate are being violated through government support of fossil fuel extraction, but the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit dismissed their case last year.
Attorney Julia Olson from Our Children’s ...
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