PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon-based youth climate activists say settlement talks with the U.S. Department of Justice have failed six years after they first filed a federal lawsuit in Eugene. The 21 plaintiffs alleged in the original lawsuit against the U.S. that they have a constitutional right to a climate that sustains life and that the government’s actions have encouraged a fossil fuel economy despite scientific warnings about global warming. After failed negotiations, the plaintiffs want a judge to allow an amended case to go to trial. The action comes as world leaders, including President Joe Biden, meet in Scotland to grapple with climate change.
Settlement talks fail in Oregon youths’ anti-US climate suit
