Federal circuit dismisses youth climate lawsuit

By: Micah Drew

Outlets: Daily Montanan

Published: August 11, 2026

Words: 515

Last Updated: 1 week ago

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The federal court system will not give a youth-led constitutional climate lawsuit additional consideration after a panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals denied a petition to rehear the case before the full circuit.

Lighthiser v. Trump is one of a series of youth-led climate change lawsuits brought by Our Children’s Trust, an Oregon-based advocacy law firm, which also successfully litigated Held v. Montana in 2023, a landmark climate case that found …

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