U.S. appeals court throws out youth climate lawsuit

A federal appeals court on Friday threw out a landmark climate change lawsuit brought by children and young adults, ruling that they did not have legal standing to sue the U.S. government. The young plaintiffs claimed they had a constitutional right to be protected from climate change. But, in a 2-1 decision, the government argued that neither U.S. law or history supported their claim of a fundamental right to a "livable climate". The young people had hoped to force the federal government take m