A group of 22 young people from the states of Montana, Hawaii, Oregon, California, and Florida filed a lawsuit against the administration of US President Donald Trump for violating their rights to life and liberty with executive orders that promote oil and gas production, hinder carbon-free energy, and threaten to further destabilize the climate.
The lawsuit was filed in the District Court of Montana to challenge three executive orders: “Unleashing American Energy,” “Declaring a National Energy Emergency,” and “Revitalizing America’s Beautiful Clean Coal Industry.” The lawsuit argues that these orders intentionally promote an agenda by the Trump administration that will increase greenhouse gas pollution, infringing on young people’s constitutional rights to life and liberty, as well as laws protecting public health and the environment.
With the litigation, the plaintiffs seek to have the court declare the executive orders unconstitutional, block their implementation, and reaffirm the legal limits of presidential power.
The case is the latest in a series of climate lawsuits driven by young people and filed by the non-profit law firm Our Children's Trust .
A group of 22 young people from the states of Montana, Hawaii, Oregon, California, and Florida filed a lawsuit against the administration of US President Donald Trump for violating their rights to life and liberty with executive orders that promote oil and gas production, hinder carbon-free energy, and threaten to further destabilize the climate.
The lawsuit was filed in the District Court of Montana to challenge three executive orders: “Unleashing American Energy,” “Declaring a National Energy Emergency,” and “Revitalizing America’s Beautiful Clean Coal Industry.” The lawsuit argues that these orders intentionally promote an agenda by the Trump administration that will increase greenhouse gas pollution, infringing on young people’s constitutional rights to life and liberty, as well as laws protecting public health and the environment.
With the litigation, the plaintiffs seek to have the court declare the executive orders unconstitutional, block their implementation, and reaffirm the legal limits of presidential power.
The case is the latest in a series of climate lawsuits driven by young people and filed by the non-profit law firm Our Children's Trust .