We previously reported that President Trump issued a series of executive actions to fulfill his pledge to advance the United States’ domestic energy economy. These executive actions, such as President Trump’s Executive Orders Unleashing American Energy, Declaring a National Energy Emergency, and Reinvigorating…[the] Coal Industry…., now face legal challenges from environmental groups, led by Our Children’s Trust, a nonprofit law firm that exclusively represents youth plaintiffs against state and federal governments. Presently, Our Children’s Trust seeks to enjoin these orders from taking effect because of their potential impact on climate change in the youths’ future. This post will provide a brief overview of the litigation and its pending timeline.
By way of brief background, in 2015, Our Children’s Trust led a novel lawsuit that sought to require the federal government to develop plans to phase out fossil fuels, claiming that the government’s actions in promoting fossil fuels caused climate change and impaired the plaintiffs’ constitutional rights.
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