Young people seeking to change federal policy on climate change try new tactic
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Youth plaintiffs in the climate change lawsuit gather in a federal courthouse for a hearing in front of a panel of judges with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Portland, Ore., in 2019. That suit was dismissed so they’re trying a different tactic.Robin Loznak / Associated Press
After a federal appeals court reluctantly dismissed a lawsuit by 21 young people demanding government action against climate change, the youths proposed Tuesday to scale back their suit and seek only a ruling that U.S. promotion of fossil fuels violates their rights to life and liberty.
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MSU grad’s film headlines Big Sky Documentary Film Festival
February 24, 2021
by Carol Schmidt, MSU News Service
BOZEMAN – A documentary made by a Montana State University film graduate about 21 young people seeking legal relief for their claims that government harm has violated their constitutional rights and created the climate crisis will be the centerpiece film of the virtual 2021 Big Sky Documentary Festival, Feb. 19–28.
“YOUTH v GOV,” a feature-length documentary by Christi Cooper, will be available to stream from the festival’s website Feb. 24–27. A live Q&A with Cooper, a graduate of MSU’s Master of Fine Art in Science and Natural History Filmmaking program, will be online at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 24.
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Published: Wednesday, February 10, 2021
Kelsey Juliana. Photo credit: Francis Chung/E&E News
Kelsey Juliana, the lead plaintiff in the kids climate lawsuit, speaks in front of the Supreme Court in September 2019 as co-plaintiffs and lawmakers watch. Francis Chung/E&E News
A federal appeals court today declined to reconsider a landmark case brought by young people asking the U.S. government to phase out fossil fuels.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said a larger slate of its active judges would not rehear
Juliana v. United States, commonly known as the kids climate case.
The decision marks another loss for the 21 young challengers who sued the government in 2015, arguing that its support for fossil fuels violated their constitutional right to a safe climate.