Youth Activists Ask US Supreme Court to Revive Dismissed Climate Lawsuit

The application was made after a federal appeals court directed a lower court to throw out the case in May.
Youth Activists Ask US Supreme Court to Revive Dismissed Climate Lawsuit
The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Aug. 14, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
Matthew Vadum
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A group of youth asked the Supreme Court to resurrect their dismissed lawsuit that alleges the U.S. government’s energy policies violate their purported right to be protected from a changing climate.

The lawsuit was originally filed in 2015 by 21 young Americans in the federal district court in Oregon.