Eight young Alaska residents sued the state on Wednesday seeking to block a major gas project, the latest in a string of climate-crisis-related lawsuits by youths arguing that government policies promoting fossil fuels violate their rights.
The Anchorage state court lawsuit, brought by a group of plaintiffs ranging in age from 11 to 22, alleges that an Alaska law mandating the project’s development infringes on their due process rights and other constitutional protections by causing the release of greenhouse gases that harm their health and livelihood.
