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Dharna Noor

US is violating human rights laws by backing fossil fuels, say young activists in new petition

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Donald Trump signs a series of executive orders to allow for more coal plants on 8 April 2025. Photograph: Andrew Leyden/Zuma Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock

By continuing to fund and support a fossil fuel-based energy system, the US is violating international law, a group of young people have argued to an international human rights body.

The petition to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), filed late on Tuesday and shared exclusively with the Guardian, says the government’s actions have violated the petitioners’ human rights.

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