Youth Challenge to Trump Energy Orders Dismissed on Appeal

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The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit wrote in an unpublished opinion Tuesday that the plaintiffs didn’t sufficiently show how their alleged harms came from the executive orders.

“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.

The case is one of many climate youth suits that have been launched around the country ...