( April 14, 2026, 1:42 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel affirmed dismissal of an amended complaint filed by a group of youths alleging that they were damaged by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s alleged failure to prevent climate change and the agency’s allegedly discriminatory policies against children, holding that the lower court did not abuse its discretion and agreeing that the plaintiffs lacked standing to maintain their suit and failed to state a viable injury-in-fact to their equal protection rights....