Youths sue Trump admin over US climate orders
File photo: US President Donald Trump (Picture credit: AP)
WASHINGTON: Twenty-two young Americans sued the Trump administration on Thursday, arguing its executive orders to expand fossil fuel development and dismantle climate protections violate their fundamental rights to life and liberty.
The plaintiffs, primarily from Montana, where the case was filed in a federal court, along with others from Hawaii, Oregon, California and Florida, named President Trump and numerous federal agencies in their lawsuit. The case targets executive orders that declared a "National Energy Emergency" and directed agencies to "unleash American energy" by accelerating oil, gas, and coal extraction on public lands while blocking clean energy projects.
It argues the administration has unlawfully suppressed public access to federal climate science. "These youth are standing up to challenge the executive orders as violating their rights to life, safety and health," said a lawyer with the nonprofit that brought the case.
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