Youth Plaintiffs’ New Constitutional Climate Suit Targets EPA’s Actions

A group of youth plaintiffs is pursuing a new constitutional climate change lawsuit focused on EPA, charging the agency with discrimination for discounting the economic value of their lives and futures, as well as allegedly intentionally allowing life-threatening climate pollution to be emitted by facilities it regulates, despite knowing the harm. The Dec. 10 suit, Genesis B. v. EPA , includes 18 children ages 8 to 17 and was brought in the U.S. District Court for the Central District...