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2017 Media Coverage

December 31, 2017 - The Washington Times 

Teens sue Trump administration, say government let down the next generation on climate

December 23, 2017 - Public Radio International

The Justice Department moves to dismiss youth climate lawsuit

Winter 2017 - North Carolina State Bar

The Trial of the Century: Kids, Climate, and Law’s Role in Allocating Responsibility for Harm

December 15, 2017 - The Weather Channel

Sophie Kivlehan Doesn’t Want to Freak You Out

December 15, 2017 - The Ring of Fire Network

The United States Gets Sued by 21 Young People Affected by Climate Change

December 13, 2017 - Santa Clara Magazine

Fighting for the Planet

December 13, 2017 - Democratic Underground

The Trump Administration Just Went To Court To Stop Kids From Suing Over Climate Change

December 12, 2017 - KALW

Your Call: Youth sue the US government for causing climate change

December 12, 2017 - Grist

Trump’s lawyers tried (and probably failed) to throw out the kids’ climate lawsuit

December 12, 2017 - TV5MONDE

La "justice climatique", pour les "victimes" du réchauffement

December 12, 2017 - EcoWatch

Historic Youth Climate Lawsuit Poised to Advance

December 12, 2017 - The Toronto Sun

Activists enlist school children in #youthvgov lawsuit against Trump climate change policy

December 12, 2017 - Euro News 

Court hears teens' climate change lawsuit against Trump

December 12, 2017 - Daily Kos

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals hears landmark youth climate case

December 12, 2017 - Register Guard

Climate change suit filed by 21 youths hits appeals court

December 12, 2017 - Earther

Those Kids Suing for Climate Action Might Soon Get Their Day in Court

December 11, 2017 - ABC

Youths challenge climate change at San Francisco's 9th Circuit Court

December 11, 2017 - Bloomberg

Ambitious Climate Suit Pitting Teens Against Trump Faces Test

December 11, 2017 - Mashable

Judges appear ready to allow youth climate trial to move forward

December 11, 2017 - Climate Liability News

Judges Question Trump Administration Attempt to Derail Youth Climate Case

December 11, 2017 - Miami Herald

Federal appeals court considers kids' climate change lawsuit

December 11, 2017 - Reuters

U.S. government calls for teens' climate change lawsuit to be halted

December 11, 2017 - Sierra Club

Federal Appeals Court Hears Youth Climate Justice Suit

December 11, 2017 - Buzzfeed

The Trump Administration Just Went To Court To Stop Kids From Suing Over Climate Change

December 11, 2017 - Citizens' Climate Lobby

‘This generation’s Brown vs. Board of Education‘: Climate kids appear in court

December 11, 2017 - News Aged

Juliana v. US and other court cases show how Trump’s climate policy is leading to a judicial backlash

December 11, 2017 - San Francisco Chronicle

Federal appeals court considers kids' climate change lawsuit

December 11, 2017 - The Hill

Feds push court to dismiss children climate change lawsuit

December 11, 2017 - Washington Post

Judges skeptical of request to dismiss ‘burdensome’ children’s climate lawsuit

December 11, 2017 - Washington Examiner

Appeals court judges underscore high hurdles for Trump to avoid climate lawsuit

December 11, 2017 - The Recorder 

In Climate Case, Ninth Circuit Seems Reluctant to Step In

December 11, 2017 - Vox

How Trump’s reckless climate policy invites a judicial backlash

December 11, 2017 - Seeker

Federal Court Hears Oral Arguments in Climate Change Lawsuit From Young People

December 11, 2017 - Mercury

Kids’ climate change lawsuit against Trump administration lands in San Francisco court

December 11, 2017 - Moyers & Company

Can the Courts Bring About a Climate Fix? Three Judges Are About to Decide

December 11, 2017 - Think Progress

Here’s what’s at stake for the 21 kids suing the Trump administration over climate change

December 11, 2017 - KQED

San Francisco Federal Court Takes Up Young People’s Climate Change Suit

December 10, 2017 - KLCC

Climate Kids Get Hearing Monday Before 9th Circuit

December 8, 2017 - Bloomberg

Kids’ Lawsuit Over Climate Change Faces Big Test In Federal Court

December 7, 2017 - KLCC

Young People Suing Trump Administration Over Climate Change To Get Day In Court

December, 2017 - Scholastic

Climate Fighter: This 10-year-old is taking the United States government to court over the environment

December 5, 2017 - News Review

Ninth Circuit to hear argument in Juliana v. U.S.

December 4, 2017 - E&E News

Government seeks scientists' doubts for climate court battle

December 1, 2017 - Florida Roundup

John Morgan On Governor's Race, Fla. Boy Takes On Climate Change In Court

November 28, 2017 - Climate Liability News

Washington State Climate Action: Mostly Talk, Little Progress, Advocates Say

November 27, 2017 - KLCC

Hearing Will Determine If Teen Climate Case Goes Forward

November 22, 2017 - Climate Liability News

In Climate Cases, Trump Administration Will Have to Argue Against Its Own Evidence

November 22, 2017 - Tampa Bay Times

Florida 10-year-old is one of 21 kids suing federal government over climate change

November 20, 2017 - ARD Mediathek

Climate battle in the Hambach Forest: Environmental activist Xiuhtezcatl Martinez supports conservationists

November 17, 2017 - Daily Kos

Fed appeals court says it will hear children's climate change oral arguments against Trump

November 17, 2017 - Mashable

The feds are afraid of 21 teens suing on climate. An appeals court wants to know why.

November 17, 2017 - Ecowatch

Landmark Youth Climate Lawsuit Heads to Federal Appeals Court

November 17, 2017 - Climate Liability News

Trump Administration Bid to Stop Kids Climate Case Gets December Court Date

November 17, 2017 - Inside Climate News 

Appeals Court Takes Up Youth Climate Change Lawsuit Against Trump

November 13, 2017 - News Observer

Raleigh teen sued NC once over climate change. Undeterred, she’s back.

November 12, 2017 - Forbes

The Fight Against Trump's Climate Policy Is Moving To Court

November 10, 2017 - Climate Liability News

Alaska Kids’ Climate Lawsuit Joins Trend of Suing in State Courts

November 8, 2017 - United Nations Climate Change Conference

Why climate litigation is now the frontline against polluters

November 7, 2017 - United Nations Climate Change Conference

The U.S. People's Delegation Press Conference

November 7, 2017 - Weather Channel

Kids Sue Alaska Government, Alleging State Isn't Taking Enough Responsibility for Climate Change

November 7, 2017 - 350.org

The U.S. People’s Delegation Takes on the Trump Administration

November 7, 2017 - Reuters

"I'm afraid and angry", says 18-year-old leading climate legal fight

November 6, 2017 - Earther

Kids Are Suing Alaska's Government for Not Addressing Climate Change

November 4, 2017 - Sveriges Radio

Climate threat: The children who sue the state

October 30, 2017 - Yale Daily News 

Trump sued, lawyers claim denying children a healthy future

October 28, 2017 - Yale University

Julia Olson & Phil Gregory's presentation at “Onslaughts of the Poor: Corruption, Emissions, Violence”

October 27, 2017 - Alaska Public Media

Young Alaskans sue the state, demanding action on climate change

October 27, 2017 - Courthouse News 

Clean Planet Is a Civil Right, Kids Tell Alaska

October 24, 2017 - Terrestrial

For this teenager, rebellion means suing the government over climate change

October 23, 2017 - Diario 12

Jacob Lebel: "Our legal system recognizes that climate change threatens our rights"

October 13, 2017 - Green Grants

Meet the Youth Climate Activists Suing the U.S. Government

September 29, 2017 - KTOO Public Media (Alaska)

State rejects teen climate change petition

September 27, 2017 - Climate Liability News

Another Youth Climate Lawsuit Turns to Crowdfunding in Portugal

September 22, 2017 - Resilience

Juliana vs US: For Children of all Ages

September 18, 2017 - KLCC

The Summer’s Weather Events Give Urgency To Climate Lawsuit

September 12, 2017 - New York Times

Alaska Teens Petition for Statewide Climate Change Policy

September 8, 2017 - TERRAFEMINA

The incredible crusade of these (very) young Americans to save the planet

September 7, 2017 - The News-Review

Groups show support of climate case plaintiffs

September 7, 2017 - Santa Clara Magazine

The Most Important Lawsuit on the Planet

September 6, 2017 - Mind Body Green

Meet the Teen Suing the U.S. Government for Climate Change

September 5, 2017 - Think Progress

These kids aren’t old enough to vote, but that isn’t stopping them from trying to save the world

September 5, 2017 - The Daily Show

XIUHTEZCATL MARTINEZ - TAKING ON CLIMATE CHANGE WITH "WE RISE"

September 2017 - The Reader Magazine

The Climate Lawsuit

August 30, 2017 - Arizona Daily Sun

As climate lawsuit faces challenge, Navajo teen contributes from afar

August 30, 2017 - The New Mexico Political Report

State board rejects petition to regulate greenhouse gases

August 29, 2017 - KSRM

Teen Organization Submits Petition Demanding Stricter Climate Change Regulations

August 29, 2017 - Alaska Dispatch News

Alaska youth environmental group asks state to start regulating greenhouse gas emissions

August 29, 2017 - KYUK

Teen Activists Urge State To Take Stronger Stance On Climate Change

August 29, 2017 - Ecowatch

Plaintiffs in Landmark Climate Lawsuit Answer Trump’s Mandamus Petition

August 29, 2017 - Who. What. Why. 

Cities, States and Kids Sue to Stop Climate Change

August 28, 2017 - La Libération

"The Trump administration is corrupted by the fossil energy industry"

August 22, 2017 - Sierra Magazine

Tia Hatton: Why I Decided to Sue My Own Government over Climate Change

August 14, 2017 - Portland Monthly

Meet the Oregon Attorney Suing President Trump over Climate Change

August 10, 2017 - New York Times

Student, Cities and States Take the Climate Fight to Court

August 7, 2017 - Teen Vogue

Teens are Suing the U.S. Government Over Climate Change

August 3, 2017 - Eugene Weekly

Suits Seek to Stop Climate Change

July 27, 2017 - Washington Post

An appeals court just pressed pause on the much-watched youth climate lawsuit against Trump

July 26, 2017 - Think Progress

Federal court temporarily pauses youth climate lawsuit

June 29, 2017 - Inside Climate News

Trial Date Set for Children’s Climate Lawsuit Against U.S. Government

June 29, 2017 -  KLCC NPR for Oregonians

Climate Kids' Federal Lawsuit Goes To Trial Early Next Year

June 29, 2017 - Bill Moyers

Kids Suing Trump Over Climate Change Will Have Their Day in Court

June 29, 2017 - Think Progress

Climate kids to get their day in court against the Trump administration

June 15, 2017 - Slate

The Trump Response to the Kids’ Climate Lawsuit Isn’t Denial. It’s Evasion.

June 14, 2017 - Courtroom News History

Judge Challenges Requests for Government Docs in Climate Change Hearing

June 14, 2017 - KLCC NPR for Oregonians

Trump Administration Keeps Trying To Get Rid Of Teen Climate Case

June 12, 2017 - Climate Home  

Trump lawyers try ‘extraordinary trick’ to quash youth climate case

June 12, 2017 - Washington Post  

‘We’re still on fast-track to trial’: Kids’ climate lawsuit against Trump administration stays alive

June 10, 2017 - Ecowatch

Trump Administration Seeks 'Drastic Remedy' to Derail Kids Climate Lawsuit

June 9, 2017 - E&E News

Judge rebuffs Trump, sends kids' case to district court

June 9, 2017 - Think Progress

Federal judge denies Trump administration appeal in youth climate lawsuit. Looks like the historic lawsuit is headed to trial.

June 7, 2017 - Sen. Bernie Sanders

“While President Trump continues to reject science, these young people are fighting for the future of the planet.”

May 25, 2017 - E&E News

Additional oil groups could abandon climate lawsuit

May 24, 2017 - Bill Moyers

Fossil Fuel Industry Group Wants to Quit Kids’ Suit For Climate Action

May 24, 2017 - Washington Post

Industry group tries to drop out of children’s climate lawsuit

May 23, 2017 - Scientific American

Industry Group Wants to Pull Out of Kids' Climate Case

May 23, 2017 - Climate Investigations Center

Manufacturers' Group Attempts 11th Hour Escape from Kids' Climate Lawsuit

May 18, 2017 - Colorado Independent

Colorado’s governor said he didn’t want to appeal a controversial oil-and-gas ruling. The attorney general did it anyway.

May 8, 2017 - Law360

Feds Slam Denial Of Direct Appeal In Kids' Climate Suit

May 3, 2017 - Bill Moyers

Kids Suing Trump Hope the Courts Step Up on Climate Change

May 2, 2017 - Yale Environment 360

The Battle Against Trump’s Assault on Climate Is Moving to the Courts

May 1, 2017 - E&E News

In blow to Trump admin, judge wants kids' case in lower court

April 29, 2017 - CNN

The kids suing Donald Trump are marching to the White House

April 29, 2017 - Teen Vogue

Kids and Teens Are Suing Trump's Administration Over Climate Change

April 29, 2017 - ATTN

These Kids Are Now Suing Donald Trump

April 28, 2017 - Huffington Post

A Conversation with Congressman Grijalva and Young “Environmental Justice Warrior”

April 28, 2017 - E&E News

Meet the kids who just might save the planet

April 28, 2017 - Youth Today

Young People Suing Government, Oil Industry Over Climate Change Rally

April 28, 2017 - Huffington Post

Youth Suing Trump Bring Climate Fight To Washington

April 28, 2017 - Huffington Post

It’s The First Climate Lawsuit To Make It This Far, But It Won’t Be The Last

April 27, 2017 - Think Progress   

Kids take to the steps of the Supreme Court to demand climate action

April 18, 2017 - American Bar Association

The Back Page: Atmospheric Trust Litigation: “The Kids Can’t Wait”

April 16, 2017 - People's Climate Movement

These are the people coming to the Peoples Climate March

April 9, 2017 - New Mexico Political Report

Youth continue legal action against federal government as temperatures continue rising

April 9, 2017 - Mashable

Here's why this nine-year-old girl is suing the Indian government

April 7, 2017 - Christian Science Monitor

Why a 9-year-old girl is suing India's government over climate change

April 4, 2017 - Eco Watch

Youth Fight Back Against Trump's Attempt to Derail Climate Trial

April 1, 2017 - The Independent

Nine-year-old girl files lawsuit against Indian Government over failure to take ambitious climate action

March 29, 2017 - Truthout

In Conversation: Xiuhtezcatl Martinez on Why Youth Voices Are Powerful

March 28, 2017 - Rolling Stone

High-Stakes Climate Lawsuit Led by Youth Turns Its Attention to Trump

March 27, 2017 - Billboard

With Chance the Rapper By His Side, This 16-Year-Old Activist & Rapper Is Setting Out to Change the Climate Game: Exclusive

March 25, 2017 - Business Insider

A Colorado appeals court sided with a group of teenagers who sued the oil industry for not protecting the environment

March 24, 2017 - Westword

Will Teens' Victory in Court Case Change Fracking in Colorado?

March 24, 2017 - Common Dreams

Colorado Youth Score Decisive Legal Victory Against Fracking Industry

March 23, 2017 - Bloomberg BNA

Colorado Appeals Court Sides With Teens Seeking to Block Fracking

March 23, 2017 - Boulder Daily Camera 

Editorial: The kids win in court

March 23, 2017 - The Denver Post

Colorado appeals court says state must protect health and environment before allowing oil and gas drilling

March 23, 2017 - Denver Business Journal 

Colorado appeals court ruling calls for state to consider halting oil and gas permits

March 21, 2017 - Color Lines

Meet "The Fixers" in Grist's Annual List of Environmental Leaders

March 21, 2017 - Grist

#Grist50 Emerging Leaders to Watch: Xiuhtezcatl Martinez

March 20, 2017 - Seattle Met Magazine

Seattle Kids v. Climate Change

March 20, 2017 - Clinical Psychiatry News

Hold your breath

March 20, 2017 - Common Dreams

Climate Kids Demand Feds Turn Over 'Wayne Tracker' (aka Rex Tillerson) Emails

March 20, 2017 - Reuters

Teens suing U.S. over climate change ask for Exxon's 'Wayne Tracker' emails

March 20, 2017 - International Business Time

Teens Suing U.S Government Over Climate Change Want Rex Tillerson's Exxon Emails Revealed

March 17, 2017 - National Geographic

Biggest Case on the Planet' Pits Kids vs. Climate Change

March 14, 2017 - The Planet Magazine

Climate In Court

March 13, 2017 - Union of Concerned Scientists Blog

Youth vs. a Government of, by, and for the Fossil Fuel Industry

March 13, 2017 - Think Progress

The Trump administration really doesn’t want this climate lawsuit to go to trial

March 12, 2017 - Mashable

Trump really doesn't want to face these 21 kids on climate change

March 12, 2017 - Business Insider

The Trump administration is doing everything it can to keep a huge climate lawsuit from going to trial

March 11, 2017 - Eco Watch

Fossil Fuel Defendants Join Trump in Move to Appeal Kid's Groundbreaking Climate Lawsuit

March 9, 2017 - Washington Post

This climate lawsuit could change everything. No wonder the Trump administration doesn’t want it going to trial

March 9, 2017 - Climate Home

Coal lobbyist Trump attorney seeks to bypass US kids’ climate lawsuit

March 1, 2017 - Inside Climate News

Children's Climate Lawsuit Aims to Unearth Documents from Oil Group API

February 27, 2017 - The 74 Million

Meet the Students Taking the Government to School, and to Court, in Landmark Climate Change Lawsuit

February 24, 2017 - Common Dreams

Trial of the Century Pits Trump Climate Denialism Against 'Right to a Climate System Capable of Sustaining Human Life'

February 14, 2017 - Upworthy

How Trump inherited Obama's weird legal climate battle against 21 young people

February 11, 2017 - Christian Science Monitor

Can a children's lawsuit force action on climate change?

February 10, 2017 - Scientific American

Trump Named as a Defendant in Landmark Climate Lawsuit

February 10, 2017 - Reuters

Youth activists name Trump in landmark suit against U.S. over climate change

February 10, 2017 - Bill Moyers

These Kids Will See Trump in Court

February 10, 2017 - Think Progress

Children’s climate lawsuit to Donald Trump: See you in court

February 9, 2017 - Huffington Post Australia

16-Year-Old Xiuhtezcatl Martinez Is The Environmental Activist The World Needs

February 9, 2017 - People

These 21 Kids Are Suing the Federal Government Over Climate Change: ‘Everything Is at Stake’

February 9, 2017 - The Atlantic

The 11-Year-Old Suing Trump Over Climate Change

February 9, 2017 - Common Dreams

Trump Named Climate Villain Number One in Landmark Youth Suit

January 26, 2017 - Mashable

How 21 kids could keep climate websites from going completely dark

January 17, 2017 - Willamette Week

Trump's Secretary of State Nominee Faces Deposition in Eugene Climate-Change Lawsuit

January 16, 2017 - CBC News

Why a Canadian teen joined American youth in suing U.S. over climate change

January 13, 2017 - Reuters

U.S. State Department nominee Tillerson fights climate deposition

January 13, 2017 - Business Insider

Trump's Secretary of State nominee may have to testify in a landmark climate lawsuit the day before inauguration

January 9, 2017 - The Independent

Donald Trump's pick for Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to be questioned over 'climate change cover-up'

January 9, 2017 - Courier Journal

Ex-Louisvillian helps teens sue over climate

January 5, 2017 - Mashable

Trump's secretary of state nominee may soon testify in a global warming trial

January 3, 2017 - Teen Vogue

Why Trump’s Presidency Is So Terrifying for Climate Change

January 2, 2017 - United Press International

Exxon, Tillerson address conflict of interest concerns

January 2, 2017 - Climate Central

Where to Follow the Climate Action in 2017

January 2, 2017 - Who What Why

Youth Activists Want Tillerson Deposed on Suppression of Climate Change Facts

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