A group of California youth seeking to hold EPA accountable for planet-warming emissions is appealing a federal court ruling that found the young climate activists lacked standing to bring their lawsuit.
The 18 plaintiffs in Genesis B. v. EPA filed a notice of appeal last week with the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals following the February dismissal of their case by the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.
Judge Michael Fitzgerald had ruled that the youth failed to show they had been injured by federal environmental regulations.
The youth argued that EPA discriminates against children by placing less value on the future benefits of pollution regulations, prompting Julia Olson, chief legal counsel for the youth, to call Fitzgerald’s verdict “wrong and unjust.”
