Press release ARCHIVE - 2015

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