Youth Climate Case Plaintiffs Win Bid to Proceed Toward Trial

Twenty-one young people at the helm of the US climate lawsuit Juliana v. US can move their case forward to trial, according to an order issued by a federal Oregon judge on Thursday.

Judge Ann Aiken of the US District Court for the District of Oregon will allow the case to proceed under the claim that the federal government’s support of unchecked fossil fuel production is unconstitutional.

The young people want a declaration that federal fossil fuel and energy systems infringe on their constitutional rights to life under a stable climate system.

This relief is “squarely within the constitutional and ...