A Washington judge dismissed a climate change lawsuit Tuesday brought against the state by a group of children supported by the environmental group Our Children’s Trust (OCT).
King County Superior Court Judge Michael Scott granted Washington’s motion to dismiss the case.
The children sued the state for violating their constitutional rights by approving actions that lead to emissions and pollution that drives climate change, The Washington Examiner reports.
Scott ruled the court was the wrong venue to answer the questions raised by the litigants. Congress or the president should take action if any is to be taken.
“On a day when the sun in Seattle is shrouded in smoke from wildfires, the youth plaintiffs are devastated that Judge Scott declined to give them an opportunity to present their constitutional claims in a court of law,” OCT senior staff attorney Andrea Rodgers said in a statement. “The youth intend to continue to pursue the vindication of their constitutional rights before higher courts of law, as they have no other option.” See Also: The Children’s Climate Lawsuit Against The Children
While OCT’s climate case in Washington has fallen flat, another case by the group is tracing its way through the 9th Circuit Court. OCT attorneys are representing a group of 21 children suing the U.S. government for “its affirmative actions in creating a national energy system that causes climate change.”
The court is scheduled to hear the case on Oct. 29, despite federal attorneys attempting to get the Supreme Court to stay the case. The Supreme Court rejected the motion to stay but cast doubts on the future success of the case and urged a “prompt ruling” in the court’s July 30 ruling.
“The breadth of respondents’ claims is striking, however, and the justiciability of those claims presents substantial grounds for difference of opinion,” the Supreme Court ruled. “The District Court should take these concerns into account in assessing the burdens of discovery and trial, as well as the desirability of a prompt ruling on the Government’s pending dispositive motions.”
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Amber. Just like the EDF using kids in their fake ads about Global Warming/Climate Change these ads were false and misleading and exploited kids for political purposes
Did someone bother to tell “the children” that smoke from wildfire != climate
You must wonder what kind of Eco-Nazi’Watermelon stuff their teaching kids these days what kind of lies are they reading in their text books. I read about one science text book that urged kids to Boycott McDonalds over that Save the Rain Forests crap back on the 1990’s and what about all those movies villifing Loggers and industialists shows like Captain Planet and the Planeteers,One Child One Voice,Network Earth and National Geographic Explorer by Ted Turner and movies like FERNGULLY,FORESTS WARRIOR, RIO II Etc and what are they reading in My Weekly Reader?
First the eco-facists tried to bully kids by producing a video showing kids being blown up in a class room is they weren’t drinking the global warming cool – aid . The control nuts couldn’t stop the use of children to try and sell their religion so they stick them in front of a judge like seal pups . Absolutely disgusting and a sure sign their cause is done .
The scam is over .