Progress! US Supreme Court will not hear novel youth-led climate change case ‘claiming the U.S. govt’s energy policies violate their rights to be protected from climate change’

https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-supreme-court-will-not-hear-novel-youth-led-climate-change-case-2025-03-24/ March 24 (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a bid by 21 young people to revive a novel lawsuit claiming the U.S. government’s energy policies violate their rights to be protected from climate change. The justices denied a request by the youth activists to hear their appeal of a decision by the San […]

Virginia Supreme Court rejects youth climate case – Young activists had sought to make case that energy policies are hurting them by worsening the effects of climate change’

https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/02/27/virginia-supreme-court-rejects-youth-climate-case-00206343 By: Lesley Clark CLIMATEWIRE | The Virginia Supreme Court has declined to revive a youth-led lawsuit that claimed the state’s permitting of fossil fuels violates the constitutional rights of young people by worsening the effects of climate change. In a brief order issued Tuesday, the court said it was “of the opinion” that the Virginia Court […]

Sweden’s top court rejects Greta Thunberg lawsuit on ‘climate action’ – ‘A court cannot decide that government should take any specific action without the democratic bodies deciding independently on those issues’

https://www.newsbreak.com/share/3819513176876-sweden-s-top-court-rejects-greta-thunberg-lawsuit-on-climate-action STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden’s Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that Greta Thunberg and hundreds of other activists cannot proceed with a class action lawsuit that had sought to force the state to take stronger action against climate change. Activists filed a lawsuit in 2022 arguing that the state violates the European Convention on Human […]

‘Eco-child abuse’: Climate activists benefit from ‘scaring children’ – Greenpeace research finds ‘three quarters of children under the age of 12 suffer from eco-anxiety’

https://tomed.substack.com/p/the-political-benefit-of-scaring Tom Ed It appears that Greenpeace has done some research and discovered that three quarters of children under the age of 12 suffer from eco-anxiety. High-fives all round then in an office that is probably empty due to them working from home in bed to ‘save’ the planet. You can imagine the delight as […]

LA Times: ‘Biden struggled to bring the American Climate Corps to life. Then Trump killed it’

https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-02-05/trump-killed-the-american-climate-corps By Noah HaggertyStaff Writer Just days before President Trump’s inauguration, a small banner appeared at the top of the American Climate Corps’ website: “This is historical material ‘frozen in time.’” In a flurry of first-day executive actions, Trump ordered all activities, programs and operations associated with the corps to be “terminated immediately.” On Monday, the site […]

Nation Mag: ‘The Exhausting Fight for Climate Action…We Can’t Give Up’ – ‘Trump admin is a carbon bomb that will reverberate for generations’

https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/climate-change-anger-fossil-fuels/ By Ilana Cohen Excerpt: The prospects for a more just and sustainable future may seem bleak, but we can’t give up. … The struggle against climate change has long been demoralizing and draining. But we need to gather our strength to meet this moment. … I am overcome with exhaustion. I’m tired of feeling […]

NYU’s ‘Climate Action’ event has students ‘meditate’ with plants – A 30-minute ‘plant meditation’ where students ‘offered gratitude to the natural world’

NYU’s ‘Climate Action’ event has students ‘meditate’ with plants By Ava LeJeune – University of Dallas ‘Gigantic waste of time at taxpayers expense,’ scholar responds New York University welcomed students back to campus for the spring semester with a “Climate Action Mixer” and “plant meditation” last week. The university’s Office of Sustainability and Libraries hosted […]

Wrong, Deutsche Welle & UNICEF, Climate Change Is Not Hampering Kids Education in Poor Countries

Wrong, Deutsche Welle and UNICEF, Climate Change Is Not Hampering Kids Education in Poor Countries By Linnea Lueken A recent article posted at German news site Deutsche Welle (DW) titled “Heat waves, floods, and cyclones disrupt school for millions,” discusses a report from the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) which claims that poorer countries are the […]