US court weighs if climate change violates children’s rights

    PORTLAND, Oregon --- In a courtroom packed with environmental activists, federal judges wrestled Tuesday with whether climate change violates the constitutional rights of young people who have sued the U.S. government over the use of fossil fuels. A Justice Department attorney warned three judges from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that allowing the case to go to trial would be unprecedented and open the doors to more lawsuits. "This case would have earth-shattering consequences," Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey Clark said. He called the lawsuit "a direct attack on the separation of powers" and said the 21 young people who filed it want the cour...

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