A federal judge on Wednesday "reluctantly" dismissed a lawsuit brought by young Americans accusing President Donald Trump's administration of threatening their constitutional right to life and liberty through its aggressive fossil-fuel push.

Judge Dana Christensen said that while the plaintiffs had presented "overwhelming" evidence that the government's actions would worsen climate change and harm them, the case to overturn them "must be made to the political branches or to the electorate."

"With this understanding in mind, the Court reluctantly concludes...that it cannot grant Plaintiffs the relief they seek," he wrote.

Trump, who received hundreds of billions of dollars from Big Oil in the runup to the 2024 election, has made expanded fossil fuel extraction the centerpiece of his ener

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