US Supreme Court will not hear novel youth-led climate change case

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Source: Reuters

March 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a bid by 21 young people to revive a novel lawsuit claiming the U.S. government's energy policies violate their rights to be protected from climate change.

The justices denied a request by the youth activists to hear their appeal of a decision by the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals directing a federal judge in Oregon to dismiss the case after holding they lacked legal standing to sue.

The decision marks the end of Juliana v. United States, one of the longest-running climate change cases that youth activists have filed nationwide and one that the plaintiffs' lawyers say helped sparked a broader youth-led movement for climate rights.

"The Supreme Court's decision today is not the end of the road and the impact of Juliana cannot be measured by the finality of this case alone," Julia Olson, a lawyer for the plaintiffs at Our Children's Trust, said in a statement.

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By Nate Raymond
March 24, 2025 2:19 PM EDT Updated 34 min ago


Read more: https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-supreme-court-will-not-hear-novel-youth-led-climate-change-case-2025-03-24/

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1. What's wrong with these kids!!!

They expect clean air and water? Geez

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2. LOL. "they lacked legal standing to sue"

Well, they're kids and they're inevitably doomed to a horrible future of life in a horribly-hostile environment with wars over food and water. That should easily qualify as standing.

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3. In a sane world, yes.