Trump's fossil fuel agenda challenged in youth climate suit | International

MISSOULA, United States, Sept 16, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Life, liberty and the right to a stable climate? A group of young Americans say President Donald Trump is trampling their inalienable rights through an aggressive push for fossil fuels and a crusade against federal climate science -- and on Tuesday, a rural courtroom in Missoula, Montana will be their stage in a closely watched showdown. Lighthiser v. Trump is emblematic of a growing global trend of legal action as a tool to push action on planetary warming amid political inertia -- or outright hostility. "It's very intimidating to think about my future," lead plaintiff Eva Lighthiser recently told AFP in Washington, where she and other plaintiffs represented by the nonprofit Our...