Young climate activists are appealing their court loss last week against President Donald Trump’s efforts to boost fossil fuels.
Twenty-two young people behind the case Lighthiser v. Trump filed notice Monday with the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana that they will fight Judge Dana Christensen’s decision in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
The young people from Montana, Oregon, California, Hawaii and Florida had challenged three energy-related executive orders Trump signed earlier this year, but Christensen “reluctantly” dismissed their case last Wednesday, finding that the courts can’t provide the fix they sought.
Christensen, an Obama appointee, said he based his decision in part on a 2020 ruling by the 9th Circuit, which dismissed a similar climate lawsuit, Juliana v. United States, on the grounds that the court could not grant the challengers relief.
