Youth climate suits don’t have a constitutional leg to stand on
March 17, 2026 |
By
TYLER FRY
A federal appeals court has just announced an April hearing date in the youth climate suit Lighthiser v. Trump. The lawsuit was filed against the Trump administration in May 2025 by a group of 22 youth plaintiffs and spearheaded by the environmental activist organization "Our Children's Trust." The lawsuit asks the court to strike down a group o ...
New York fracking spends a decade in regulatory limbo
November 07, 2025 |
By
TYLER FRY
In December 2024, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed legislation further expanding the State's fracking ban to prohibit carbon dioxide extraction methods. This is just the latest in a series of regulatory "whack-a-mole" moves designed to prevent resource extraction altogether and keep clean natural gas "in the ground," as opponents openly admit. ...