A group of young Alaskans who last month lost a climate lawsuit against a proposed liquefied natural gas project are asking the state’s Supreme Court to block a transfer of the project to a private developer until their appeal can be heard in court.
The youth plaintiffs in Sagoonick v. State of Alaska II last week filed a motion for preliminary injunction to stop the transfer of the Alaska LNG Project to a private company, arguing that suspending the deal would let the high court determine whether the state is violating the youths’ constitutional rights before the project is completed.
The request comes a month after a Superior Court judge rejected the young people’s argument that the proposed project to ship liquefied natural gas from the North Slope to Asian markets would harm their right to a clean environment.
Alaska Superior Court Judge Dani Crosby sided with the state, finding that jurisdiction over the 800-mile pipeline across the state is a job for state legislators — not the courts.
