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US appeals court says kids' climate lawsuit must be dismissed (www.reuters.com)
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[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 34 points 6 months ago

,>A three-judge panel of the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said in a five-page order that the case should have been dismissed after the court first weighed in on the matter in 2020, when it said courts could not mandate broad policy changes that are better left to Congress and the executive branch.

While the young plaintiffs have since trimmed the lawsuit to seek only a declaration that their rights have been violated, the 9th Circuit said lawsuits must address harms that can be remedied by courts and such a declaration would not directly help the plaintiffs.

3 judges just told an entire generation that they don't have a case. The next generation needs to take over Congress to make this decision.