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Nov 2015 http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2015/11/children_sue_the_obama_administration_over_climate_change.html
Nov 21, 2015 http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/judge-denies-washington-kids-petition-on-climate-change/
Nov 23, 2016 https://www.usnews.com/news/news/articles/2016-11-23/washington-state-youth-sue-government-over-climate-change?src=usn_fb
March 9, 2016 http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/09/opinions/sutter-oregon-kids-lawsuit-climate/
April 10, 2016 http://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2016/04/10/federal-court-rules-on-climate-change-in-favor-of-todays-children/#5f14c976219d
April 14, 2016 http://www.democracynow.org/2016/4/14/landmark_climate_lawsuit_meet_the_youth
April 14, 2016 http://www.sciencealert.com/judge-rules-that-kids-can-sue-the-us-government-for-inaction-on-climate-change
May 1, 2016 http://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2016/05/01/climate-change-litigation-the-children-win-in-court/#9e6a7c85dfeb
May 2, 2016 http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/05/02/3774340/climate-change-lawsuit-children-washington-win/
May 6, 2016 http://yeson732.org/judge-hollis-hill-ruling/
May 19, 2016 http://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2016/05/19/children-win-another-climate-change-legal-case-in-mass-supreme-court/#2b20b8c1556b
April 29, 2016 http://www.thestranger.com/slog/2016/04/29/24025118/king-county-judge-makes-historic-judgment-against-washington-state-in-climate-change-case
June 06, 2016 http://ourchildrenstrust.org/sites/default/files/2016.06.01CleanAirRulePR.pdf
June 22, 2016 http://www.thestranger.com/slog/2016/06/22/24246069/governor-inslees-administration-is-appealing-the-climate-kids-court-win
June 27, 2016 http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/06/hillary-clinton-2016-democratic-platform-213993 by Bill McKibben
March 10, 2015 Educational Video – Science Based Evidence Talk http://www.anl.gov/videos/argonne-outloud-climate-change-fact-fiction-and-what-you-can-do-march-10-2015
June 20, 2016 http://citizensclimatelobby.org/ccls-promise-we-will-pass-a-carbon-fee-bill-by-the-end-of-2017/?utm_source=CCL+Blog&utm_campaign=cab056734e-Blog_Subscribers1_9_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8b3f6fc789-cab056734e-329420273
June 29, 2016 http://www.carbontax.org/blog/2016/06/29/last-weeks-democratic-platform-vote-was-a-win-for-carbon-taxes/?link_id=1&can_id=9e5fa83cda70ad1ec28c78ed65af2924&source=email-what-bill-mckibben-told-the-democrats&email_referrer=what-bill-mckibben-told-the-democrats&email_subject=what-bill-mckibben-told-the-democrats
July 2, 2016 http://citizensclimatelobby.org/young-climate-change-lobbyists-prove-big-asset-hill/
July 20, 2016 http://cascadiaplanet.blogspot.com/ Good Summary!
August 1, 2016 http://www.sightline.org/2016/08/01/pros-cons-carbonwa-carbon-tax-swap-ballot-initiative-732/
August 23, 2016 http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/08/23/can-future-global-warming-matter-today/?mwrsm=Email
August 25, 2016 http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/08/just-90-companies-are-blame-most-climate-change-carbon-accountant-says?utm_source=Sightline%20Institute&utm_medium=web-email&utm_campaign=Sightline%20News%20Selections
Sept 14, 2016 http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/fed-judge-to-decide-whether-climate-change-lawsuit-proceeds/?utm_source=Sightline%20Institute&utm_medium=web-email&utm_campaign=Sightline%20News%20Selections
Sept 20, 2016 http://knkx.org/post/advice-next-commissioner-public-lands-conversation-peter-goldmark
Nov 10, 2016 https://timedotcom.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/b78ce-2016-11-10aikendecisionpr.pdf PDF from Our Children’s Trust
Nov 10, 2016 http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/green-life/federal-judge-greenlights-landmark-climate-change-lawsuit
Nov 10, 2016 http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/10/opinions/sutter-trump-climate-kids/
Nov 10, 2016 http://time.com/4567012/federal-government-lawsuit-climate-change/
Nov 11, 2016 http://www.jurist.org/paperchase/2016/11/federal-judge-allows-climate-change-lawsuit-to-proceed.php
Nov 11, 2016 http://www.ecowatch.com/climate-change-lawsuit-2089347238.html
Nov, 12, 2016 http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/11/23/youth-in-washington-state-sue-government-over-climate-change.html
Nov 13, 2016 http://bigthink.com/paul-ratner/kids-are-taking-the-government-to-court-over-climate-change
Nov 14, 2016 http://www.treehugger.com/environmental-policy/children-win-right-sue-us-government-over-climate-change.html with videos
Nov 22, 2016 http://www.thestate.com/news/nation-world/national/article116580878.html
Nov 23, 2016 http://www.salon.com/2016/11/23/washington-state-youth-sue-government-over-climate-change-2/
Nov 23, 2016 https://apnews.com/95bad93adafb42c7ab3a8e6522e6bad4/Juvenile-activists-sue-government-over-climate-change-policy?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=AP
Dec 1, 2016 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/12/01/trump-could-face-the-biggest-trial-of-the-century-over-climate-change/?utm_term=.94ff020e7e17
Dec 6, 2016 http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/the-teen-agers-suing-over-climate-change
Dec 19, 2017 https://www.ourchildrenstrust.org/washington/
Dec 20, 2017: http://www.seattleweekly.com/news/kids-climate-lawsuit-gets-even-bigger- heads-to-trial-in-2017/
Dec 20, 2016 http://www.westernlaw.org/article/judge-allows-youth-constitutional-climate-rights-case-move-forward-against-state-wa-and-gov-
January 9, 2017 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/donald-trump-secretary-state-rex-tillerson-exxon-mobil-cover-up-climate-change-threat-lawsuit-a7518006.html
January 11, 2017 http://www.wweek.com/news/courts/2017/01/17/trumps-secretary-of-state-nominee-faces-deposition-in-eugene-climate-change-lawsuit/
January 13, 2017 http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-environment-tillerson-idUSKBN14X2KF
January 16, 2017 http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/world/lebel-lawsuit-climate-change-1.3931321
January 31, 2017: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jan/31/environmental- activist-trial-judge-questions-climate-change-ken-ward
February 9, 2017 http://people.com/human-interest/these-21-kids-are-suing-the-federal-government-over-climate-change-everything-is-at-stake/
February 9, 2017: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/571d109b04426270152febe0/t/58a1e480579fb379a719c535/1487004804530/2017.02.09SubstitutionOfPartiesPressRelease.pdf
March 17, 2017: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/03/kids-sue-us-government-climate-change/
March 28, 2017: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/features/youth-led-high-stakes-climate-lawsuit-shifts-focus-to-trump-w473224
April 24, 2017 http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2017/s4658190.htm
April 24, 2017: https://www.democracynow.org/2017/4/24/see_you_in_court_kids_suing
Play this one for Climate Outloud – Everybody’s Talking About it
April 29, 2017: http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/29/politics/sutter-climate-kids-march-washington/index.html
May 1, 2017: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/571d109b04426270152febe0/t/5907a22cd2b8574b00089352/1493672493237/17.05.01+Coffin%27s+Order+Recommending+Denial+of+Interlocutory+Appeal+PR.pdf

Julia Olsen plaintiff’s counsel quote, “President Trump must accept that the courts do not do his bidding, and in a court of law, ‘alternative facts’ are considered perjury.”

56. May 22, 2017 https://www.ecowatch.com/our-childrens-trust-motions-2422789150.html?xrs=RebelMouse_fb&ts=1495807736
57. May 23, 2017: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/industry-group-wants-to-pull-out-of-kids-climate-case/
58. May 26, 2017: http://observer.com/2017/05/climate-change-kids-lawsuit-fossil-fuels-big-oil/?utm_source=Our+Children%27s+Trust+Newsletter&utm_campaign=c70f217aec-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_05_26&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_4094e87487-c70f217aec-111844421
59. May 26, 2017: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/05/26/three-fossil-fuel-groups-joined-a-historic-climate-lawsuit-now-they-want-to-get-out-of-it/?utm_campaign=c70f217aec-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_05_26&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Our%20Children%27s%20Trust%20Newsletter&utm_term=.15634389449f
60. June 1, 2017: http://komonews.com/news/local/seattle-students-that-sued-state-over-climate-change-regulations-react-to-paris-accord
61. June 8, 2017: https://www.ecowatch.com/youth-climate-lawsuit-trial-2437891411.html
62. June 8, 2017: When the defendants sought an interlocutory appeal of that order, Judge Aiken denied the Trump administration’s motions on June 8, 2017.
63. June 13, 2017: https://insideclimatenews.org/news/13062017/kids-climate-change-lawsuit-childrens-trust-jayden-foytlin-louisiana
64. June 14, 2017: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/571d109b04426270152febe0/t/5941dbdd20099e8bc94c02e3/1497488350521/17.06.14+Case+Management+Conference+PR.pdf?utm_source=Our+Children%27s+Trust+Newsletter&utm_campaign=430d3f9589-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_06_15&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_4094e87487-430d3f9589-116147993June 15, 2017: https://thinkprogress.org/dakota-access-pipeline-judge-orders-environmental-redo-6ff79d3b0ec0
65. June 15, 2017: https://thinkprogress.org/dakota-access-pipeline-judge-orders-environmental- redo-6ff79d3b0ec0
66. June 16, 2017: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/593d55bce4b0b65670e56b6e
67. June 28, 2017: https://www.ourchildrenstrust.org/us/federal-lawsuit/ On June 28, 2017, Judge Coffin issued an order releasing the fossil fuel industry defendants from the case, and setting a trial date for February 5, 2018 before Judge Aiken at the U.S. District Court of Oregon in Eugene
68. June 29, 2017: https://insideclimatenews.org/news/29062017/trial-date-children%E2%80%99s- climate-lawsuit-trump-administration-climate-change

The trial will start on Feb. 5, 2018, in federal district court in Eugene, Oregon, with Judge Ann Aiken.

69. July 6, 2017: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/this-is-what-the-world-has-come-to-15- year-olds-have_us_595d4d59e4b0cf3c8e8d55d8
70. July 6, 2017: https://citizensclimatelobby.org/childrens-trust-takes-trump-court-climate- change/?utm_content=buffer8a977&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_cam paign=buffer
71. July 7, 2017: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/we-youth-cant-vote-but-thats-not- stopping-us-from_us_595fd061e4b08f5c97d06961
72. July 25, 2017: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/my-friend-and-i-are-both-15-years-old- we-have-no-choice_us_5977e962e4b0c6616f7ce620
73. Aug 14, 2017: https://www.pdxmonthly.com/articles/2017/8/14/meet-the-oregon-attorney- suing-president-trump-over-climate-change#.WZIdBIwrhUA.facebook
74. August 28, 2017: https://www.ourchildrenstrust.org/federal-proceedings/
75. Sept 9, 2017: https://www.ourchildrenstrust.org/washington

The Court of Appeals chose in an opinion today to not uphold an order by the trial court, but it is of little consequence since the Department of Ecology already did what it was court ordered to do. Washington youth plaintiffs now look forward to filing a new constitutional case against the state of Washington in order to get the science-based relief, in the form of a climate recovery plan, that they deserve. Read the full opinion.

76. Sept 12, 2017: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/571d109b04426270152febe0/t/59b8304680bd5e956c905446/1505243206878/2017.09.12+Trump+Desperate+to+Dodge+pr.pdf Trump Desperate to Dodge Kids’ Climate Trial, but Ninth Circuit gets the Next Word
77. Nov 17, 2017: https://insideclimatenews.org/news/17112017/climate-change-lawsuit-kids-donald-trump-administration-our-childrens-trust
78. Dec. 8, 2017: http://mailchi.mp/ourchildrenstrust/show-solidarity-with-youthvgov-plaintiffs-as-they-head-to-9th-circuit-court?e=2df967b830
79. Dec 8, 2017: Digital Toolkit https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gOuyhTMuUZJJlh-dBxoPAWIVMOvoOgnD6ZJaQTUp0-s/edit
80. Dec 8, 2017: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/climate-science-on-trial-again_us_5a2b2170e4b0d7c3f26222ce?utm_content=buffer438e3&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer
81. Dec 11, 2017: Live video to Oral Arguments at the 9^th Circuit Court in San Francisco https://www.youthvgov.org/?utm_source=Our+Children%27s+Trust+Newsletter&utm_campaign=b251fb192a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_12_07_TOOLKIT_ORAL_ARG&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_4094e87487-b251fb192a-116147993
82. Dec 27, 2017 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-climatechange-lawsuit/climate-change-cases-predicted-to-make-a-legal-splash-in-2018-idUSKBN1EM0IZ

Updates in 2018
83. Jan 6, 2018 http://www.jurist.org/forum/2017/01/Gabriela-Steier-juliana-v-united-states.php
84. Jan. 9, 2018 http://www.dw.com/en/four-climate-change-lawsuits-to-watch-in-2018/a-42066735
84. Jan 19, 2018 https://www.nrtoday.com/news/environment/climate-trial-delayed/article_40b07d64-0177-58ef-b7a1-c5decfef9627.html
85. March 7, 2018 https://eugeneweekly.com/2018/03/07/youth-climate-case-continues/
86. March 7th http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2018/03/07/17-71692.pdf
87. April 12, 2018 https://www.climateliabilitynews.org/2018/04/12/youth-climate-case-juliana-v-us-ann-aiken
88. July 17th, 2018 https://www.climateliabilitynews.org/2018/07/19/federal-judge-to-rule-on-latest-government-challenge-to-youth-climate-suit/

U.S. Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Youth Plaintiffs, Allows Juliana v. United States to Proceed to Trial!

89. July 30th, 2018 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/571d109b04426270152febe0/t/5b5f750303ce644ee2813b89/1532982531627/2018.07.30+SCOTUS+decision+on+defendants+application+for+stay.pdf

90. Oct. 5th Children’s Trust reports via Mail Chimp: On Friday, in an unprecedented and desperate move, the Trump administration filed another motion with the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon to postpone trial in Juliana v. United States, while they seek review again from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and from the U.S. Supreme Court on the same legal questions they’ve raised before.

91. Oct. 15, 2018 https://www.ecowatch.com/youth-climate-case-2612598943.html?utm_campaign=Our+Children%27s+Trust&product=RebelOutreach&utm_medium=RebelMouse&utm_source=Facebook&utm_campaign_id=186475038061809
This was the third attempt to dismiss or block the case. The judge has denied all three. The judge largely rejected the government’s arguments but granted the administration’s motion to dismiss President Donald Trump as a defendant. The judge said the students can get what they want by suing officials below the president, but she left the door open for Trump to be reinstated as a defendant in the case, if necessary.

92. Oct. 18, 2018 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/571d109b04426270152febe0/t/5bc8d09fb208fcc2d9b64622/1539887264626/2018.10.18+Press+Release+DOJ+Petition+and+Application+w%252F+SCOTUS.pdf?utm_source=Our+Children%27s+Trust+Newsletter&utm_campaign=afd8dbed61-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_10_20_11_53&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_4094e87487-afd8dbed61-116147993

93. Oct 19, 2018 https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/us-stop-youth-climate-lawsuit-days-trial-58622820
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday temporarily blocked a high-profile climate change lawsuit brought by young activists who accuse the federal government of violating their constitutional rights with policies that have caused a dangerous climate. Chief Justice John Roberts signed an order freezing the trial that was set to start in 10 days in federal court in Oregon until lawyers for the young people provide a response and the high court issues another order. It marked a victory for the government, which under the Obama and Trump administrations has tried unsuccessfully for years to get the case dismissed. An expert says the Trump administration tried again before the Oct. 29 trial as the court shifted to the right with the confirmation this month of Brett Kavanaugh.

94. Oct 26, 2018 https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/congress-trump-sidelines-climate-change-battle-moves-courts-n924651
95. Oct 26, 2018 https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2018/10/23/18010582/childrens-climate-lawsuit-supreme-court
96. Nov 3, 2018 https://www.npr.org/2018/11/03/663887560/young-activists-can-sue-government-over-climate-change-supreme-court-says
97. Nov. 8, 2018 https://mailchi.mp/ourchildrenstrust/let-the-youth-be-heard
98. Jan. 19, 2019 https://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2019/01/opinion-oregon-court-ignores-climate-danger-in-youth-case.html
99. Jan 17, 2020 https://www.vox.com/2020/1/17/21070810/climate-change-lawsuit-juliana-vs-us-our-childrens-trust-9th-circuit
100. Jan 17, 2020 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/17/climate/juliana-climate-case.html
101. June 2, 2021 https://mailchi.mp/ourchildrenstrust/congressional-action-on-earth-day-1021601?e=4f080a3c87

Washington State Court of Appeals – 13 youth plaintiffs in Aji P. v. State of Washington

102. Sept 17, 2020 https://vimeo.com/459149724?utm_source=Our+Children%27s+Trust+Newsletter&utm_campaign=2237c48e93-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_06_01_10_49_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_4094e87487-2237c48e93-116300001
Andrea Rogers presented oral arguments on behalf of our 13 youth plaintiffs in Aji P. v. State of Washington. Three judges in the Washington State Court of Appeals heard my argument that these brave young people—all of whom have been directly harmed by climate change and the actions of their government, many of them currently struggling with the devastating impacts of this month’s historic wildfires—deserve their day in court.

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Maps: http://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/u.s._federal_courts_circuit_map_1.pdf

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Other links not directly related to the case:

http://www.kplu.org/post/making-noise-bolder-action-paris-seattle-protestors-organizing-climate-scream

http://m.democracynow.org/stories/15214

http://jobscleanenergywa.com/go-local-to-fight-climate-change/

http://www.seattleglobalist.com/2015/09/11/women-of-color-speak-out-aim-to-change-the-climate-of-climate-justice/41100

http://komonews.com/news/local/anti-arctic-drilling-activists-arrested-at-seattle-harbor-11-21-2015

https://www.thenation.com/article/climate-disobedience-in-the-time-of-trump/

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/08/01/magazine/climate-change-losing-earth.html

Oct. 8th, 2018 https://www.climateliabilitynews.org/2018/10/08/necessity-defense-climate-change-trial/
Pertains to Climate Activists Annette Klapstein and Emily Johnston that are facing trial in Minnesota.

https://vimeo.com/570416846
A Recap of June 2021 Juliana v. U.S. Oral Arguments. A recap of the oral arguments in Juliana v. United States which were held telephonically on Friday, June 25, 2021. This online event was hosted by Our Children’s Trust on Thursday, July 1, 2021.