Attorneys for a group of young California climate activists on Monday urged a skeptical federal judge to revive their lawsuit against EPA, arguing that the agency is discriminating against youth.
Oral arguments before Judge Michael Fitzgerald of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California followed his May decision that scrapped the young activists’ lawsuit — but gave them one more opportunity to revise their complaint.
Fitzgerald, who said in May that the California youth lacked standing to bring their lawsuit because their complaints could not be fixed by a court, opened Monday’s hearing by saying he had “yet to be convinced” that the judicial system could help the challengers.
“It really is a very, very, very uphill problem that you have,” Fitzgerald, an Obama appointee, told attorneys with Our Children’s Trust, the Oregon-based law firm which represents the young activists.
