Our Children's Trust
Our Children's Trust is a nonprofit organization advocating for urgent emissions reductions on behalf of youth and future generations, who have the most to lose if emissions are not reduced. OCT is spearheading the international human rights and environmental TRUST Campaign to compel governments to safeguard the atmosphere as a "public trust" resource. We use law, film, and media to elevate their compelling voices. Our ultimate goal is for governments to adopt and implement enforceable science-based Climate Recovery Plans with annual emissions reductions to return to an atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration of 350 ppm.
Releases by this organization
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Newswire article Thursday, February 28, 2019 Over 30,000 Youth Urge U.S. Court to Allow Juliana v. United States to Go to Trial Youth-led climate group, Zero Hour, will file the Young People’s amicus (“friend of the court”) brief tomorrow with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in support of the 21 young Americans behind the landmark lawsuit, Juliana v. United States. Responding to the Trump administration’s latest attempt... Read more |
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Newswire article Monday, January 14, 2019 CO Supreme Court Hands Another Victory to Oil and Gas Industry Today, the Colorado Supreme Court reversed the Colorado Court of Appeals decision in the youth-brought lawsuit, Martinez v. COGCC and found, contrary to the arguments of the Commission and the youth, that the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission cannot condition oil and gas development on... Read more |
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Newswire article Monday, October 22, 2018 Youth Plaintiffs File Response with Supreme Court Pointing to the Government’s Serious Mischaracterization of Juliana v. United States Today, attorneys for youth plaintiffs in the landmark climate lawsuit, Juliana v. United States, filed their response with the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, requesting that the Court allow their trial to proceed on October 29 and pointing to numerous mischaracterizations of the... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, October 18, 2018 United States Supreme Court to Decide Whether to Stop Children’s Constitutional Case on the Eve of Trial Today, for the second time in three months, the Department of Justice asked the United States Supreme Court to circumvent the ordinary procedures of federal litigation and stop the constitutional case Juliana v. United States, involving the substantive due process and equal protection rights of... Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, October 16, 2018 District Court Makes Sweeping Ruling in Juliana v. United States On Monday, U.S. District Court Judge Ann Aiken ruled on the Trump administration’s motion for judgment on the pleadings (“MJP”) and motion for summary judgment (“MSJ”) in the landmark constitutional climate lawsuit Juliana v. United States, filed by 21 young Americans and supported by Our Children’... Read more |
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Newswire article Monday, April 16, 2018 Florida Youth Sue Gov. Rick Scott, Adam Putnam for Endangering Their Future Today, eight Florida youth, including well-known climate activists Delaney Reynolds and Levi Draheim, filed a constitutional climate lawsuit against the state of Florida, Governor Rick Scott, and several state agencies in Leon County Court. The complaint asserts that in causing climate change, the... Read more |
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Newswire article Friday, October 27, 2017 Following Denial Of Climate Rulemaking Petition, Alaskan Youth Take Governor Walker To Court Alleging that the state is violating their constitutional rights by putting fossil fuel production above the safety of their lives, 16 young Alaskans filed a constitutional climate change lawsuit against the State of Alaska, Governor Bill Walker, Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC)... Read more |
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Newswire article Monday, March 20, 2017 Attorneys Representing Youth in Climate Case Ask Feds & API to Turn Over Wayne Tracker Emails Attorneys representing 21 youth plaintiffs in Juliana v. United States served request for production (RFP) of documents to the U.S. government and the American Petroleum Institute (API) asking both defendants to turn over the “Wayne Tracker” emails, as part of discovery in the climate case. As... Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, February 28, 2017 Youth Seek Answers from the Oil Industry in Climate Case Today, youth plaintiffs in Juliana v. United States released a copy of their request for documents sent to American Petroleum Institute (API), an intervenor-defendant in their constitutional climate case. The request seeks to establish a factual record of the role that the oil and gas industry... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, February 09, 2017 Kids Name President Trump As Defendant In Constitutional Climate Case Today, youth plaintiffs in Juliana v. United States filed a notice with a federal court in Oregon, naming Donald J. Trump as a defendant in their landmark climate case on pace for trial this fall. Plaintiffs have substituted President Trump as a named party in place of former President Barack Obama... Read more |