A federal judge in Montana on Wednesday threw out a lawsuit by youth activists seeking to block U.S. President Donald Trump's pro-fossil fuel energy policies, saying it asked the court to take on a sweeping role overseeing potentially hundreds of government rules and regulations. A group of young people represented by the nonprofit Our Children's Trust sued in May, arguing Trump's executive orders aimed at "unleashing" American energy were unconstitutional.

U.S. District Judge Dana L. Christensen said in an order that while the activists had shown they would be harmed by Trump's policies, they asked him to assume a sweeping role in climate regulation that would overstep his powers as a judge. "This court would be required to monitor an untold number of federal agency actions to determine

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