Source: Seattle Times
“The U.S. Supreme Court has declined a petition to revive the nearly decade-old case initially filed in Oregon by youth climate activists who have struggled to get their federal case against the government to trial. The petition effectively brings an end to the youth-led legal battle initiated by 21 young people who sued the federal government in Eugene in 2015. They asserted a constitutional right to a sustainable climate and wanted a judge to order the United States to prepare an energy plan that transitioned the nation away from fossil fuels. Their petition to the nation’s highest court sought to have the U.S. Supreme Court throw out a ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that directed U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken in Eugene to dismiss the case.” (03/25/25)