Juliana v. US

Young people are taking action on climate because too many adults are not

A growing number of young people are engaged in a movement to shape policy and sway elections. "We're the last resort," one young activist said.

A federal judge has ruled that a lawsuit brought by young Oregon-based climate activists can proceed to trial

A group of 18 California children – ranging in ages from 8 to 17 – has filed a new constitutional climate case in federal court against the US Environmental Protection Agency, alleging it has harmed children's health and welfare over decades.

Invoking the right to a healthy environment will likely become a replicable strategy for climate lawsuits across the country. "I see more and more of these trials happening."

In Held vs. Montana, the next generation asserts their constitutional rights.

The landmark Juliana v. United States sparked a global movement to defend children's rights to a healthy climate, a campaign that's already scored two wins.

The Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal in the long-running case, known as Juliana, which helped spawn legal strategies widely adapted to other lawsuits over climate.

According to over a dozen student journalists, these are some of the most important issues facing the US, including climate change, health care, child labor, and LGBTQ+ rights.

Young Montanans put their state on trial for its contributions to climate change. Here are five takeaways from the proceedings as we await the judge's ruling

Environmentalists say state broke vow to provide a healthy environment through embrace of fossil fuels

A nonprofit with big-money backing from progressive funding streams is pursuing high-stakes climate litigation nationwide and worldwide that targets fossil fuels on behalf of youth.

Climate activists say the ruling in favor of youth who sued Montana sends the signal that the courts can provide a "viable and powerful" strategy for battling climate change

As President Joe Biden touts his climate record this week, the US Department of Justice is in the middle of a legal fight over whether a landmark federal youth climate case should even be allowed to go to trial.

How one young advocate helped bring her state government to trial after seeing climate change alter the places she loved.

The nation's first climate trial, led by kids, will open on Monday in Montana but could have ramifications outside the state's borders

On Sept. 23, the United Nations Human Rights Committee found that the Australian government had violated the human rights of a group of Indigenous island residents known as "the Torres Strait 8" when it failed to adequately protect them from the impacts of climate change.

A youth-led climate change lawsuit against the state of Montana is scheduled to be heard in June and could be the first of its kind in the U.S.

The most profound effect of West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency may ultimately be cultural.

Sophie Howe, future generations commissioner of Wales, is part of a movement to safeguard humanity's long-term interests from climate change, pandemics, and more.