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Supreme Court says these young climate activists can sue the federal government


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The young people have prevailed. 

After a back-and-forth battle with the Trump administration, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Friday that a group of 21 11- to 22-year-old climate change activists can sue the government for harming their futures with a national energy system that produces dangerous amounts of greenhouse gases.

The highest court in the U.S. had previously halted the trial after the Donald Trump administration's Department of Justice requested to hold off on hearing the group's arguments against the country's climate change policies. Read more...

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