2020 Media Coverage

December 23, 2020- The Guardian

Oregon wildfires are adding more fuel to young activists’ legal climate battle

December 21, 2020- DeSmog Blog

2020 Was a Busy Year for Taking the Climate Fight to Courts

December 12, 2020 - Anchorage Daily News

New Book Highlights the Stories of Young People Behind a Landmark Climate Case

December 11, 2020 - New York Law Journal

Threshold Issue: Climate Change Litigation in the United States

December 1, 2020 - The Sprawl

Sadie Vipond: A Young Climate Activist Finds Her Voice

November 22, 2020 - Financial Express

Spotlight: Young Soldiers on the Climate Front

October 28, 2020 - MSN Canada

Judge rejects youths' lawsuit that asks Canada to develop climate recovery plan

October 28, 2020 - Law 360

Youths Vow Appeal After Court Dumps Canada Climate Suit

October 23, 2020 - Multnomah County

Multnomah County vows to continue advocating, litigating for a life-sustaining climate after disappointing Chernaik v. Brown decision

October 22, 2020 - Portland Business Journal

Oregon high court rejects youth bid to force action on climate change

October 16, 2020 - The Invading Sea

Scientists outline how to rapidly transition Florida’s energy system from fossil fuels to clean renewable energy

October 13, 2020 - Law 360

Barrett Should Be Questioned On Children's Access To Courts

October 11, 2020 - The Guard

Guest View: Give the Youth Another Hearing

October 6, 2020 - Yale Climate Connections

Why young people sued the U.S. government over climate change

October 6, 2020 - WGCU

Young Seminole Tribe Member Sues Ron DeSantis

October 1, 2020 - Parentology

JULIANA V. UNITED STATES — THE KIDS SUING THE GOVERNMENT

September 29, 2020 - CBC

A teen activist breaks her silence on why she's suing the government over climate change

September 27, 2020 - The Missoulian

Young Montanans sue over climate crisis

September 25, 2020 - Desmog

How Congress Can Support Lawsuits Demanding Climate Accountability

September 24, 2020 - CBC

Ottawa trying to toss out climate lawsuit from youth activists

September 23, 2020 - The News Review

Resolution seeks to boost youth climate lawsuit

September 23, 2020 - The Oregonian

Oregon youth in climate suit lobby for Congressional resolution: Climate change is 'in my backyard’

September 18, 2020 - Desmog

Court Considers If Washington State, Smothered by 'Climate Fires' and Smoke, Is Violating Youths’ Rights to Life and Liberty

September 16, 2020 - PBS American Portrait

When I step outside my door…

September 9, 2020 - Florida Phoenix

Children’s climate lawsuit: Appeal asserts FL has a duty to curb greenhouse gases

September 2, 2020 - Reuters

Mexican court to hear youths’ climate change case against government

August 12, 2020 - POPSUGAR

Meet Levi Draheim, a 13-Year-Old Suing the US Government Over Climate Change

August 12, 2020 - Gustavus Adolphus College

S.2 E.8: Young People’s Climate Change Lawsuit

July 15, 2020 - Fast Company

How COVID-19 could be used to help win climate change lawsuits

July 9, 2020 - The Seminole Tribune

Judge Dismisses Lawsuit, But Valholly Frank Says Climate Change Message Must Continue To Be Heard

July 8, 2020 - Florida Phoenix

Can our children survive toxic chemicals, climate change, assault weapons, COVID-19, and idiots?

July 2, 2020 - Columbia College Today

Taking Climate Change to Court

July 2, 2020 - Reuters

Climate battles are moving into the courtroom, and lawyers are getting creative

July/August 2020 - Alberta Views

Defending Your Rights

June 28, 2020 - OpenGlobalRights

Are matters of national survival related to climate change really beyond a court’s power?

June 25, 2020 - SheKnows

12 Amazing Activist Kids to Follow on Instagram Right Now

June 24, 2020 - The New York Times

How a Ruling on Gay and Transgender Rights May Help the Climate

June 24, 2020 - The Climate Docket

Youth Climate Plaintiffs Say Supreme Court Decision Backs Their Case

June 23, 2020 - Coloring Outside the Lines

The Youth Shall Lead

June 23, 2020 - Law360

Kids Say High Court Gay Rights Ruling Supports Climate Case

June 20, 2020 - Electrek

Climate Crisis Weekly: Slow and steady wins! Giant tortoises save their own species

June 15, 2020 - The Orlando Sentinel

View from space reveals need to protect Earth | Commentary

June 12, 2020 - Coast Range Radio

Our Children’s Trust - Andrea Rodgers

June 4, 2020 - WUSF Public Media

Florida Youths’ Climate Case Against The State Dismissed; Appeal Planned

June 4, 2020 - Law360

Kids Say 6th Circ. Flint Ruling Supports Their Climate Case

June 3, 2020 - CalMatters

Entire 9th Circuit Court should hear climate change case brought by children

June 2, 2020 - WJHG

Florida climate change lawsuit not over yet

June 1, 2020 - Politico

‘Climate kids’ lawsuit dealt a setback in Florida

June 1, 2020 - The Gainesville Sun

Isaac Augspurg: Standing up to climate change

June 1, 2020 - Law360

Fla. Judge Begrudgingly Tosses Kids’ Climate Suit

June 1, 2020 - Tampa Bay Times

Florida judge rejects children’s climate change lawsuit, citing ‘political’ issue

May 31, 2020 - Tampa Bay Times

My mom, little brother and I are ‘climate refugees’ from Florida

May 29, 2020 - Tampa Bay Times

These gutsy kids called out Florida officials on climate change

May 28, 2020 - Tampa Bay Times

Florida children’s climate lawsuit against state leaders set for key hearing Monday

May 27, 2020 - WMNF

Update on youth suing Florida for the right to a stable climate

April 29, 2020 - InsideClimate News

In Montana, Children File Suit to Protect ‘the Last Best Place’

April 23, 2020 - The Invading Sea

COVID-19 shows that we must trust in science to solve problems; science is telling us we need to address the climate crisis now

April 21, 2020 - Environmental Law Institute

Climate Science in the Courts: A Review of U.S. and International Judicial Pronouncements

April 4, 2020 - Helena Independent Record

Montana Youths Bring Lawsuit Over State Energy Policy

March 25, 2020 - Desmog

Why Public Health Experts Support These Youth Suing the US Government Over Climate Change

March 23, 2020 - Drilled News

In New Climate Lawsuit, Montana Youth Sue State for Promoting Fossil Fuels

March 19, 2020 - Montana Public Radio

Law Firms Sue Montana Over Climate Change On Behalf Of State Youth

March 18, 2020 - The Catholic Register

Teen emerges as voice for climate change action

March 18, 2020 - Missoula Current

Montana faces youth lawsuit over its energy policy, climate change

March 16, 2020 - Reuters

IN BRIEF: Young activists sue Montana claiming its energy policy drives climate change

March 14, 2020 - The Missoulian

'Montana’s so beautiful, let’s not ruin it': Missoulians demand action on climate change

March 13, 2020 - Courthouse News Service

Montana Faces Youth Lawsuit Over Its Energy Policy

March 13, 2020 - Center for Human Rights and Global Justice

Amnesty International USA, Partners Intervene in Landmark Youth Climate Case Calling for the Courts to Play Their Role, Protect Rights

March 12, 2020 - Law360

Kids Get Legal Backup In Bid For Review Of Climate Case

March 7, 2020 - The Charlotte Observer

Students try again for greenhouse gas emission limits in North Carolina

March 4, 2020 - Drilled News

Plaintiffs in Landmark Youth Climate Case Want Their Day in Court

March 3, 2020 - Bloomberg Environment

Young Climate Plaintiffs Seek Second Chance in Federal Court

March 3, 2020 - KLCC

Attorneys Ask Full 9th Circuit To Hear Teen Climate Case

March 3, 2020 - The Hill

Youth activists appeal ruling that they can't sue government over climate change

March 3, 2020 - Law360

Kids Ask Full 9th Circ. To Give Them A Shot At Climate Trial

March 3, 2020 - Law & Crime

Youth Plaintiffs in Groundbreaking Climate Change Case Ask for Rehearing by Full Ninth Circuit

March 2, 2020 - Nature

Climate lawsuits are breaking new legal ground to protect the planet

March 2, 2020 - Ecosia

Meet the young women fighting for climate justice

February 21, 2020 - Law360

Climate Ruling May Help Future Plaintiffs Establish Causation

February 14, 2020 - The Daily Collegian

Activist Isaac Vergun discusses the importance of youth climate action

February 13, 2020 - The Daily Tar Heel

Meet the UNC student who's pushing the state government for action on climate change

February 13, 2020 - Syrup

10 YOUTH ACTIVISTS WHO ARE (LITERALLY) CHANGING THE WORLD

February 11, 2020 - The Healthcare Policy Podcast

Andrea Rodgers Discusses the Recent 9th Circuit Court Decision in Juliana v the US 

February 7, 2020 - Defend Our Future

FIVE YOUNG BLACK CLIMATE JUSTICE LEADERS YOU SHOULD KNOW

February 5, 2020 - Mondaq

Australia: Climate change litigation update

February 5, 2020 - Desmog

California Communities Argue Their Climate Liability Suits Are Based on Fossil Fuel Disinformation Campaigns

February 3, 2020 - The Register Guard

4J educators take cues from students in emphasizing climate change curriculum

February 3, 2020 - The Daily Campus

Climate Change and the Courts: A new avenue for positive change

February 2, 2020 - Medford Mail Tribune

Climate case: Our justice system is broken

January 30, 2020 - The Guardian

The US government claims I'm a 'domestic terrorist'. Am I?

January 29, 2020 - Crosscut

The kids who sued the U.S. over climate change and lost aren't giving up

January 28, 2020 - Call to the Bar

Divided Ninth Circuit Dismisses Children’s Climate Lawsuit Based on Technical Standing Issue

January 28, 2020 - Nonprofit Quarterly

Youth Climate Case Suffers Major Setback but Is Not Dead Yet

January 28, 2020 - Energy Central

Courting Solutions to the Climate Crisis— In all the wrong places?

January 27, 2020 - Lexology

Ninth Circuit Dismisses Major Climate Change Lawsuit Against the Federal Government

January 26, 2020 - The San Diego Union Tribune

Youth bring their voices to climate change conversation

January 24, 2020 - Desmog

Judges Point Dismissed Youth Climate Plaintiffs to Political System Corrupted by Fossil Fuel Cash

January 24, 2020 - Mashable

The kids' climate lawsuit isn't dead yet

January 24, 2020 - Desmog

Judges Point Dismissed Youth Climate Plaintiffs to Political System Corrupted by Fossil Fuel Cash

January 23, 2020 - The Conversation

The dramatic dismissal of a landmark youth climate lawsuit might not close the book on that case

January 23, 2020 - Legal Planet

Deciding a Climate Case in the Shadow of the Supreme Court

January 22, 2020 - Sierra

Will Climate Justice Be Served?

January 22, 2020 - WLRN-FM

Florida Students Sue State Lawmakers Over Climate Change Inaction

January 22, 2020 - The Atlantic

A Climate-Lawsuit Dissent That Changed My Mind

January 21, 2020 - EnviroNews

Climate Cop-out: 9th Circuit Shoots Down ‘Landmark’ Lawsuit by 21 Youths While Saying ‘Eve of Destruction’ is Near

January 21, 2020 - LexBlog

Divided Ninth Circuit Panel Decides That Federal Courts Cannot Provide A Remedy In Novel Climate Change Challenge To 50 Years Of U.S. Government Fossil Fuel Policies

January 21, 2020 - E&E News

'Kids' climate case' was dismissed. What's next?

January 20, 2020 - Energy Central

Juliana v. US: Hardly Child’s Play

January 20, 2020 - Public News Service

Supporters of Youth Climate Lawsuit Not Deterred by Court Ruling

January 20, 2020 - The Washington Post

Youth climate lawsuit dismissal shows challenge of using courts to tackle climate change

January 19, 2020 - NPR

'You Need To Act Now': Meet 4 Girls Working To Save The Warming World

January 19, 2020 - New Straights Times

We should unite on climate action

January 19, 2020 - Who What Why

How to Break the Cycle of Indifference on Climate Change

January 17, 2020 - Blue Ridge Public Radio

Kids' Climate Case 'Reluctantly' Dismissed By Appeals Court

January 17, 2020 - Time Magazine

A Federal Court Threw Out A High Profile Climate Lawsuit. Here's What It Might Mean For The Future of Climate Litigation

January 17, 2020 - CIEL

Ninth Circuit Concludes US Government and Fossil Fuels Responsible for Grave Harms; Abdicates its Role to Remedy those Harms in Juliana v United States

January 17, 2020 - The Washington Post

Federal appeals court tosses landmark youth climate lawsuit against U.S. government

January 17, 2020 - Rolling Stone

Court Tosses Landmark Climate Change Case Brought On Behalf of Youth

January 17, 2020 - U.S. News and World Report

Court Tosses Juliana Climate Change Case Against Government

January 17, 2020 - Grist

Judge writes blistering dissent as kids’ climate lawsuit gets tossed

January 17, 2020 - Business Insider

A landmark lawsuit in which kids sued the US government over its contribution to climate change has been dismissed after a 5-year fight

January 17, 2020 - Law and Crime

Judge’s Polarizing Dissent in Climate Change Case Could Land Her on a SCOTUS Shortlist

January 17, 2020 - Legal Reader

Appeals Court Kills ‘Climate Kids’ Lawsuit

January 17, 2020 - Yahoo News

US court dismisses suit by youths over climate change

January 15, 2020 - Florida Phoenix

‘Greener’ GOP still stalling on clean energy and climate change in FL

January 15, 2020 - Lexblog

U.S. Climate Change Litigation: 2020 Update

January 14, 2019 - La Prensa Latina

La "Greta" de Florida no cree a los que no creen en el cambio climático

January 14, 2020 - Grist

New emails show the Justice Department is helping Big Oil fight climate lawsuits

January 13, 2020 - WTMO-TV

La “Greta” estadounidense que encabeza demanda contra gobernador de Florida

January 10, 2020 - Forbes

The Netherlands Shows The Way In Tackling The Climate Emergency

January 9, 2020 - Mondaq

Litigating Climate Change: An Update On A Strengthening Trend

January 9, 2020 - FL Keys News

Young Floridians suing DeSantis, Cabinet over climate inaction ask: Will they listen?

January 8, 2020 - WJHG-TV

Students suing state over climate change lay out their case

January 3, 2020 - Florida Phoenix

Youth climate-change lawsuit: We have a right to grow to adulthood safely

Media Coverage Archive