9th Circuit Affirms Lack Of Standing In Youths’ Climate Change Suit Over Orders

( June 5, 2026, 10:07 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel affirmed the dismissal of a climate change lawsuit filed by a group of minors and young adults against President Donald J. Trump and a litany of federal officials over a series of executive orders designed to increase fossil fuel production, holding that they lacked Article III standing because their alleged injuries were too speculative to be traced to the orders and the relief they sought was beyond the constitutional powers of the court....