The case was one of a series of legal actions taken around the world by young people worried about the effects of climate change.
The youths, aged between eight and 17, had claimed the US Environmental Protection Agency "intentionally allows life-threatening climate pollution to be emitted by the fossil fuel sources of greenhouse gases it regulates, harming children's health and welfare."
The suit, filed on December 10, asked the federal court to declare the EPA had violated the plaintiffs' constitutional... Читать дальше...