A federal appeals court threw out a lawsuit by a group of children and teenagers trying to force the US government to take action to address the climate crisis
Washington A federal appeals court on Friday threw out a heavily promoted but long-shot lawsuit by a group of children and teenagers trying to force the federal government to take action to address the climate crisis.
The 2-1 ruling says the children must look to the political branches -- Congress and the executive branch -- for action, rather than the courts.Action in Washington, however, has gone the other way, with the Trump administration pulling out of the Paris climate accord and looking to rewrite Obama-era environmental laws limiting greenhouse gas emissions responsible for the increase in global temperatures and associated effects of climate change.
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