A federal appeals court upheld on Tuesday the dismissal of a lawsuit brought on behalf of 22 children challenging President Donald Trump’s executive orders promoting fossil fuel development.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit agreed that the plaintiffs in Lighthiser v. Donald J. Trump lacked standing to pursue the claims.
“The appellate court unanimously affirmed what the district court said months ago—the plaintiffs lacked standing to bring this suit because they did not establish that the Executive Orders caused any injury or that any injury could be redressed by the courts,” said Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Adam Gustafson of the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division (ENRD)….