Oregon lawyers in youth climate change case vow to keep fighting [Video]

The landmark climate lawsuit, filed by 21 young people in Oregon in 2015, was ordered dismissed by a three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals last week. 

Julia Olson, chief legal counsel at Our Children’s Trust, the nonprofit representing the plaintiffs, said the ruling was unwelcome news. 

“It was disappointing to get the opinion ordering dismissal of the Juliana case again,” she said, adding that she will be working to have the ruling overturned. “The decision is flat wrong.”

Just a few months ago, the case appeared to be finally headed to trial.

The case was ordered dismissed after the Department of Justice filed an emergency petition, which argued the government would be “irreparably harmed” if it were forced to continue litigating the case.  

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