Climate Change lawsuit thrown out

A federal appeals court threw out a case brought against the US government for not doing more to prevent climate change. Twenty one young people brought the case, ‘Juliana v. United States’ asserts that the government is violating young people’s constitutional rights by damaging their future on this planet. Although the case was ruled 2-1 against, the judges were understanding of the youth’s plea, “failure to change existing policy many hasten an environmental apocalypse.”

The one dissenting judge, Judge Josephine Staton said the government, “bluntly insists that it has the absolute nd unreviewable power to destroy the nation. My colleagues throw up their hands.” The majority ruling is that this is a matter for the political arena and not the judicial branch of government.