Overview

• The suit was filed in Montana by 22 youths aged 7 to 25 from Montana, Hawaii, Oregon, California and Florida, naming Trump, the EPA, DOE, NASA and other federal agencies as defendants.
• It targets three executive orders declaring a “national energy emergency,” directing agencies to “unleash American energy” and reinvigorating coal production as unlawful executive overreach.
• Plaintiffs allege these measures violate their Fifth Amendment rights to life and liberty and breach the state-created danger doctrine by worsening climate harms.
• Represented by Our Children’s Trust, the case builds on state-level victories and diverges from Juliana v. US by invoking explicit constitutional protections rather than implied rights.
• The plaintiffs ask the court to declare the orders unconstitutional, block their implementation and restore congressionally mandated climate science assessments.