PRESS RELEASES

January 14, 2019

Colorado Supreme Court Rules Against Colorado Youth in Anti-Fracking Case Against the State and Hands Another Victory to Oil and Gas Industry

January 13, 2019

Youth Plaintiffs Suing the Government For Climate Change Will Testify Against Proposed Liquid Natural Gas Project in Oregon

January 9, 2019

Oregon Court of Appeals Rules Against Youth Plaintiffs in 2011 Climate Lawsuit Against the State of Oregon

January 7, 2019

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Grants Youth Plaintiffs’ Request to Expedite the Government’s Appeal in the Landmark Climate Lawsuit Juliana v. United States

December 27, 2018

In a 2-1 Decision, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Grants Interlocutory Appeal in Juliana v. United States and in a Unanimous Decision Denies Mandamus

December 27, 2018

Florida Youth File Amended Complaint Against Governor-Elect DeSantis and Point to Alarming New Climate Science Released by the Trump Administration

December 20, 2018

Youth Plaintiffs in Juliana v. United States Ask Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to Lift Stay of Trial

December 11, 2018

Juliana v. United States Plaintiffs’ Express Urgency and Efficiency in Requesting the Ninth Circuit Allowing Climate Case to Go to Trial

December 5, 2018

Youth Plaintiffs in Juliana v. United States Ask District Court to Lift Stay on Pretrial Proceedings

November 29, 2018

Youth Take Constitutional Climate Lawsuit to the Alaska Supreme Court

November 21, 2018

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to Decide Whether Juliana v. United States Goes to Trial

November 8, 2018

When Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Lifts Temporary Stay, U.S. District Court Will Be Ready to Quickly Issue New Trial Date in Juliana v. United States

November 8, 2018

Trial on Hold for Juliana v. United States as Ninth Circuit Reviews the Government’s Mandamus Petition, But Discovery and Pre-Trial Preparations Can Continue

November 6, 2018

Trump Administration Continues to Make its Fear of Juliana v. United States Known

November 2, 2018

United States Supreme Court Denies Trump Administration’s Request for Stay - Juliana v. United States Moves Forward, Again

October 31, 2018

Alaska Court Places Alaska’s Fossil Fuel Use Above the Constitutional Rights of Youth

October 25, 2018

Thousands to Rally in Support of the Young Americans behind Juliana v. United States on Monday

October 22, 2018

Youth Plaintiffs File Response with Supreme Court Pointing to the Government’s Serious Mischaracterization of Juliana v. United States

October 18, 2018

United States Supreme Court to Decide Whether to Stop Children’s Constitutional Case on the Eve of Trial

October 15, 2018

District Court Makes Sweeping Ruling in Juliana v. United States

October 14, 2018

Youth Head to Colorado Supreme Court to Defend their Historic Victory in Oil and Gas Lawsuit: Martinez v. COGCC

October 12, 2018

Trump Administration Attempts to Delay Juliana v. United States Trial by Pleading with the Ninth Circuit for the Third Time  

October 5, 2018

Trump Administration’s Desperation Grows as Juliana v. United States Trial Approaches

August 14, 2018

Washington Court Places Washington’s Fossil Fuel Use Above the Constitutional Rights of Youth: Formal Statement to Follow

July 30, 2018

U.S. Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Youth Plaintiffs, Allows Juliana v. United States to Proceed to Trial

July 20, 2018

Ninth Circuit Rules in Favor of Youth Plaintiffs Again, Denies the Trump Administration’s Second Petition for Writ of Mandamus in Juliana v. United States

July 18, 2018

Youth Seek to Protect Their Liberty from Federal Government's Fossil Fuel Energy System

July 17, 2018

Critical Hearing Before Judge Ann Aiken in Juliana v. United States

June 6, 2018

Judge Tells Trump Administration “the government is not in charge of how we proceed with discovery” in Juliana v. United States

May 25, 2018

U.S. District Court Denies the Trump Administration’s Motion for Protective Order in Juliana v. United States

Youth Head to the Colorado Supreme Court with the Support of Local Governments, Public Health Professionals, and Teachers

May 24, 2018

In Juliana v. United States Hearing, Judge Aiken Reaffirms October 29th Trial Date

April 30, 2018

Constitutional Climate Lawsuit Brought by Young Alaskans Heard in Anchorage

April 16, 2018

Florida Youth Sue Gov. Rick Scott, Adam Putnam for Endangering Their Future

April 12, 2018

Juliana v. United States Climate Trial Set For October 29, 2018

April 11, 2018

Trial Date to be Announced During Case Management Conference in uliana v. United States

March 7, 2018

Ninth Circuit Rules in Favor of Youth Plaintiffs, Rejects Trump’s Attempt to Evade Constitutional Climate Trial

February 16, 2018

13 Young People File Constitutional Climate Lawsuit Against Governor Inslee and the the State of Washington

January 29, 2018

Colorado Supreme Court to Hear Youth-Brought Climate Lawsuit Against Oil and Gas Conservation Commission

December 11, 2017 

Groundbreaking Constitutional Climate Lawsuit Heard Today by Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

December 8, 2017

#youthvgov Plaintiffs in San Francisco on Monday for Hearing Before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

December 4, 2017

Ninth Circuit to Hear Oral Argument in landmark climate case Juliana v. United States on December 11 in San Francisco

November 16, 2017

Ninth Circuit to Hear Oral Argument in Juliana v. United States

November 14, 2017

North Carolina Youth File Climate Petition to Protect Their Futures

October 27, 2017

Following Denial of Climate Rulemaking Petition, Alaskan Youth Take Governor Walker to Court

September 12, 2017

Trump Desperate to Dodge Kids' Climate Trial, but Ninth Circuit Gets Next Word

September 5, 2017

Groups Supporting Plaintiffs in Juliana v. U.S. Urge Dismissal of Trump's Mandamus Petition

August 28, 2017

Plaintiffs in Juliana v. U.S. Answer Trump Administration's Mandamus Petition

August 28, 2017

Alaska Youth Press State to Uphold Legal and Moral Obligations to Address Climate Change

August 25, 2017

New Mexico Environmental Improvement Board Considers Climate Change Petition Brought By 28 Youth

July 28, 2017

Ninth Circuit orders youth plaintiffs to answer Trump administration's petition for writ of mandamus

July 25, 2017

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Orders Temporary Stay in Juliana v. United States

June 28, 2017

Juliana v. US climate trial set for February 5, 2018

June 27, 2017

28 New Mexico Youth File Climate Rulemaking Petition

June 14, 2017

Youth plaintiffs propose December 4 climate trial, Trump Administration pushes back

June 13, 2017

Media advisory: Open Court Case Management Conference for

Juliana v.United States

June 9, 2017

Trump Administration seeks "Drastic and Extraordinary [Mandamus] remedy" to derail youth-brought climate lawsuit

June 8, 2017

Judge Aiken denies Trump Administration's request for rare appeal in youth-brought climate lawsuit

May 31, 2017

Statement on Trump Administration and the Paris Agreement

May 25, 2017

American Petroleum Institute Seeks to Depart as Defendant in Climate Lawsuit

May 22, 2017

National Association of Manufacturers Seeks to Remove Itself as a Defendant in Constitutional Climate Lawsuit

May 18, 2017

Colorado Governor and Attorney General in Conflict over Climate and Fracking Lawsuit Brought by Youth, Supported by Our Children’s Trust

May 8, 2017

Trump Administration Seeks Expedited Review of Its Request to Delay Climate Trial

May 1,2017

Judge Coffin to Trump Administration: Appeal Now "Would Put Cart Before The Horse"

April 17, 2017

Juliana v. United States Youth Plaintiffs in DC for Week of Action

April 10, 2017

Trump Administration Attorney Questioned on Climate Change: “We don’t have direction from leadership”

April 4, 2017

Youth Respond to Trump Administration's Attempt to Derail Trial

March 30, 2017

Youth Files Climate Case with India’s Environmental Court

March 23, 2017

In Youth v. Colorado Oil & Gas, API - Youth Win

March 20, 2017

Attorneys Representing Youth in Climate Case Ask Feds & API to Turn Over Wayne Tracker’s Emails

March 11, 2017

Fossil Fuel Defendants Join Trump Administration's Move for Rare Interlocutory Appeal in Youth Climate Lawsuit

March 8, 2017

Trump Administration Seeks Expedited Appeal of Historic Climate Decision to Ninth Circuit 

February 28, 2017

Youth Seek Answers from the Oil Industry in Climate Case

February 9, 2017

Kids Name President Trump As Defendant in Constitutional Climate Case

February 6, 2017

Open Court Case Management Conference for Juliana v. United States

January 27, 2017

Tillerson Deposition Delayed until Secretary of State Confirmation

January 24, 2017

Plaintiffs' notice of litigation hold and request for document preservation

January 18, 2017

DOJ admits CO2 levels place nation on "costly, insecure, and environmentally dangerous path"

January 10, 2017

Youth delivers 62,000 Care2 petition signatures in support of climate lawsuit to White House urging Obama to “Leave a Legacy of Truth” 

December 29, 2016

Youth Seek to Obtain Testimony from Rex Tillerson in Constitutional Climate Lawsuit

December 19, 2016

Judge allows youth constitutional climate rights case to move forward against state of WA and Gov. Inslee.

December 9, 2016

Oregon Court of Appeals to Hear Climate Lawsuit Filed by Youth

November 21, 2016

Climate youths head back to court, Gov. Inslee must justify noncompliance with court order

November 17, 2016

LePage Administration Rejects Climate Change Rulemaking Petition

November 16, 2016

20,000 sign youth Care2 petition to Obama asking him to come to table in #youthvgov lawsuit before Trump takes over

November 10, 2016

Victory for America's Youth - Constitutional Climate Lawsuit against U.S to Proceed

October 18, 2016

Youth file lawsuit against Norwegian government over Arctic oil 

September 28, 2016

Maine Youth File Climate Rulemaking Petition

September 16, 2016

Inslee Administration Finalizes Feckless Clean Air Rule

September 13, 2016

Ahead of Today's Hearing, Youth Show Solidarity with Standing Rock Sioux Nation

September 7, 2016

Amidst Mounting Climate Chaos, One Court Presides Over Fate of Nation and Its Youth

September 1, 2016

Washington Youths Unveil Proposed Climate Legislation to Protect Their Constitutional Rights

August 25, 2016

Youth Recommend Science-Based Climate Standard to UN Committee on Rights of the Child

August 18, 2016

Colorado Communities Back Youths' Critical Fracking Lawsuit

July 27, 2016

Pennsylvania Court Disregards Constitutional Obligation to Protect Natural Resources for Present and Future Generations 

July 25, 2016

WA Youths Provide Inslee Administration with Climate Science to Make Proposed Clean Air Rule Comply With Law 

July 12, 2016

Inslee Administration to hold Public Hearings on the Proposed Clean Air Rule that Defies Court Order 

June 16, 2016

WA Gov. doubles down on betraying youth

June 9, 2016

AIKEN TO HEAR YOUTH V. UNITED STATES CLIMATE CASE

June 2, 2016

Pennsylvania Youth Head to Court to Fight for Constitutional Rights to Stable Climate

June 1, 2016

Inslee Administration Defies Court Order, Betrays Children

May 17, 2016

Youth Climate Advocates Secure Victory in Massachusetts Climate Change Lawsuit

April 29, 2016

Youths Secure Second Win In Washington State Climate Lawsuit

April 8, 2016

VICTORY IN LANDMARK CLIMATE CASE! Federal Court Affirms Constitutional Rights of Kids and Denies Motions of Government and Fossil Fuel Industry in Youth's Landmark Climate Change Case

April 6, 2016

In Wake of WA Climate Rule Withdrawal, Youth Petitioners Return to Court

April 5, 2016

Youth Files Constitutional Climate Petition with the Supreme Court of Pakistan.

April 4, 2016

Colorado Youth File Appeal After Court Places Oil & gas Development Above Public Health Interests

March 10, 2016

JUDGE COFFIN TO U.S. GOVERNMENT: ‘ARE YOU ROBBING PETER TO PAY PAUL?’ Hundreds Pack Oregon Courthouse to Support Youth in Landmark Climate Change Case

March 9, 2016

HEARING IN YOUTH’S LANDMARK FEDERAL CLIMATE LAWSUIT GENERATES IMMENSE PUBLIC INTEREST: Federal Court Reserves Three Overflow Courtrooms For Huge Expected Turnout as Fossil Fuel Industry and Federal Government Try to Foil Youth’s Case

February 23, 2016

Colorado Court Places Oil & Gas Development Above Public Health Interests

January 19, 2016

Prominent Catholic Groups File Amicus Brief In Support of Youth’s Landmark Constitutional Climate Lawsuit

January 14, 2016

Fossil Fuel Industry Becomes Named Defendant in Youths’ Landmark Constitutional Climate Lawsuit

December 7, 2015

Young Plaintiffs Vigorously Oppose Fossil Fuel Industry's Attempt to Intervene in Constitutional Climate Lawsuit

November 19, 2015

In Advance of Paris Climate Talks, Washington Court Recognizes Constitutional and Public Trust Rights and Announces Agency’s Legal Duty to Protect Atmosphere for Present and Future Generations.

November 16, 2015

13-Year-Old Climate Activist, Hallie Turner, Gets Day in Court: Judge Admires Her for Trying “to make a difference in the world.

November 12, 2015

World’s Largest Petroleum Companies Call Youth’s Landmark Climate Lawsuit “a Direct Threat to [Their] Businesses.”

August 12, 2015

America’s Youth File Landmark Climate Lawsuit Against U.S. Government and President.

July 28, 2015

Governor Inslee Directs The Washington Department of Ecology To Take Serious Action On Climate Change.

July 20, 2015

Governor Inslee Hosts Washington Youth Petitioners To Discuss Their Climate Case Against The Department of Ecology.

July 8, 2015

Youth Petitioners In Washington Climate Case to Meet with Department of Ecology to Discuss Potential Settlement.

July 7, 2015

Oregon Youth File Critical Appeal In Their Climate Change Lawsuit.

July 1, 2015

City of Portland Adopts Its First Legally-Binding Climate Action Plan.

June 24, 2015

Washington State Youth Win Unprecedented Decision in Their Climate Change Lawsuit.

May 11, 2015

Oregon Court Questions Whether Atmosphere is a "Natural Resource."

April 8, 2015

Hundreds of Oregonians From Around The State Came To Lane County Circuit Court To Support Youths' Landmark Climate Change Case

Colorado Youths' Fracking Case Moves Forward

March 20, 2015

New Mexico Court of Appeals Declares Atmosphere To Be Public Trust Resource Entitled to Constitutional Protection

March 16, 2015

Washington Youth's Climate Case Moves Forward

February 25, 2015

Oral Arguments for Youth’s Climate Change Lawsuit are Postponed After Kate Brown Takes Over as Governor of Oregon

February 23, 2015

12-Year-Old Takes North Carolina’s Environmental Management Commission to Court Over Climate Change

December 24, 2014

Court Gives Colorado Kids a Christmas Gift in Their Anti-Fracking Case Against the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission

December 8, 2014

In Response to Supreme Court Denial, Youth Climate Advocates Continue Quest For Effective Federal Climate Action

12-Year-Old Submits Petition for Rulemaking to the North Carolina Division of Air Quality to Limit Carbon Pollution

November 6, 2014

Prominent Amicus Groups File Supreme Court Briefs In Support Of Climate Change Case Brought By Young Americans

October 3, 2014

Critical Climate Change Lawsuit Brought before the United States Supreme Court by America’s Youth

September 15, 2014

Youth Appeal Washington Department of Ecology's Decision to Deny Their Climate Change Petition for Rulemaking

September 12, 2014

Alaska Supreme Court Moves Climate Law Forward, but Falls Short of Granting Youth the Remedies they Seek

August 19, 2014

Pennsylvania Youth Gain Support For Their Climate Change Petition at Environmental Quality Board Hearing, But Majority of Board Deny the Petition

July 29, 2014

EUGENE, OREGON TAKES HISTORIC CLIMATE ACTION: The City is the First in the Nation to Adopt a Law Incorporating a Viable Scientific Prescription for Climate Recovery

July 22, 2014

Eugene Community Supports Climate Recovery Ordinance

July 3, 2014

Colorado Youth Take Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission to Court Over Their Right to a Healthy Future

June 17, 2014

Youth Present Climate Change Petition for the Washington Department of Ecology

June 11, 2014

OREGON YOUTH WIN REVERSAL IN CRITICAL CLIMATE RECOVERY CASE

June 5, 2014

Youth Denied Critical Climate Change Relief
by U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

May 30, 2014

Pennsylvania Environmental Quality Board to Decide Fate of Youth’s Climate Change Petition

May 29, 2014

Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Denies Young People the Right to a Healthy Future

May 27, 2014

Eugene's City Council Supports Young People's Ask for a Climate Recovery Ordinance Based on Science

April 29, 2014

COURT CANCELS ORAL ARGUMENT FOR YOUTH-LED CLIMATE CHANGE CASE

January 16, 2014

Oregon Court of Appeals Heard Arguments for Oregon Youths’ Climate Change Case Before Hundreds of People at the University of Oregon School of Law

November 19, 2013

Pennsylvania Environmental Quality Board Votes to Accept Youth's Climate Change Petition

November 13, 2013

Youth Appellants' Federal Climate Change Case Gains Broad-Base Support

Social Justice, Human Rights and Conservation Organizations and Individuals Support Youth Appellants' Federal Climate Change Case

November 12, 2013

Faith Groups Support Youth Appellants' Federal Climate Change Case

October 13, 2013

Five Young People in Washington D.C. Court to Force Government to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

September 25, 2013

Youth Plaintiffs' Hear Their Climate Change Lawsuit Argued Before the Third Court of Appeals in Austin

June 26, 2013

Youth Appeal Decision in Landmark Federal Constitutional Litigation Concerning Climate Change

June 25, 2013

New Mexico Judge to Decide Whether State has Violated its Public Trust Duty to Protect the Atmosphere

June 13, 2013

Kansas Teenager Pledges to Petition Department of Health and Environment for Climate Change Regulations After Court Tells Her to Go to Agency

Students Ask Massachusetts Government to "Do More" on Climate Change

June 10, 2013

Students Meet with Massachusetts DEP to Discuss Atmospheric Trust and Climate Action Plan

May 23, 2013

Youth Vow to Appeal Decision in Landmark Federal Litigation Concerning Climate Change

May 16, 2013

Pennsylvania Youth's Climate Change Lawsuit Moves Forward

May 9, 2013

A Global Legal Action on Behalf of the Youth and of Future Generations - Bantayan Island, Cebu, The Philippines)

May 9, 2013

Texas Supports Youth in Climate Change Lawsuit: Texas Legislator, Former TCEQ Commissioner, Legal Scholar, Texas League of Conservation Voters-EF, Sierra Club, Public Citizen, Air Alliance, Sustainable Energy and Economic Development Coalition, Environment Texas, Texas Campaign for the Environment, Texas Drought Project, Planet H.E.A.L., and Texas Black Bass Unlimited filed an Amicus Curiae Brief in support of Texas youth.

Iowa Supreme Court Declines to Review Climate Case

April 13, 2013

On Earth Day Youth Fight for their Legal Right to a Healthy Atmosphere: Youth plaintiffs respond to TCEQ's request to throw out a texas court decision that the atmosphere is a public trust resource.

April 12, 2013

Dr. James Hansen commits his full support to youth seeking to protect the atmosphere in trust for future generations

April 2, 2013

Iowa teen takes climate lawsuit to the state's supreme court.

March 22, 2013

Nelson Kanuk and Other Alaskan Youth file Final Brief in Climate Case

March 15, 2013

Arizona Court of Appeals rules in climate case: Court rejects governor's argument that legislature can defeat the public trust, assumes without deciding that atmosphere is a public trust asset, and rules that the plaintiff did not assert adequate grounds for court action.

March 13, 2013

Iowa Court of Appeals Rules in Climate Case

November 1, 2012

In The Wake Of Hurricane Sandy, Boston Students Deliver Climate Change Petition to the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection

October 26, 2012

Boson Students File a Climate Change Petition for Rulemaking to the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection

October 8, 2012

Kansas Youth Files Climate Change Lawsuit

Learn the Story Behind the Youth Climate Case: TRUST Oregon Film Released as Oregon's Court of Appeals Decides to Hear the Case

October 1, 2012

Press Release: MINNESOTA Court of Appeals Passes the Ball to the State Supreme Court in Youth Climate Litigation

September 20, 2012

Uganda Youth File Climate Change Lawsuit

August 12, 2012

Press Release: YOUTH APPEALS CLIMATE CASE: Iowa's Supreme Court Is Asked To Combat The Climate Crisis

August 2, 2012

Press Release: YOUTH APPEAL CLIMATE CASE: Oregon’s Supreme Court Is Asked To Combat The Climate Crisis

July 31, 2012

Press Release: Washington Youth Appeal ATL Climate Case

July 17, 2012

Press Release: New Mexico Atmospheric Trust Suit to Proceed on the Merits

July 10, 2012

Press Release: Texas Court Recognizes the Atmosphere as a Public Trust Resource

Press Release for Arizona Opening Appeal Brief

June 29, 2012

Press Release for Motion to Reconsider in Federal Case

New Mexico Press Release on Motion to Dismiss Amended Complaint

May 2, 2012

Media Advisory for May 11 ATL Hearing in D.C. on Defendants' Motion to Dismiss

January 26, 2012

New Mexico Hearing, Press Release

January 23, 2012

Oregon ATL Media Advisory

January 19, 2012

ATL Backgrounder

National ATL Media Advisory (Backgrounder)

December 21, 2011

Youth Plaintiffs Have One Wish for the New Year: Climate Recovery Plans

September 28, 2011

Youth Demand Government Action NOW to Preserve Their Future and Prevent Climate Catastrophe

July 21, 2011

Youth Sue Over Detrimental State Agency Decisions in Iowa and Texas to Preserve the Future and Prevent Climate Catastrophe

May 4, 2011

Youth Sue The Government To Preserve The Future And Halt Climate Change