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High-stakes climate litigation being pursued across the country and worldwide, purportedly on behalf of children, can be traced to a single, left-wing public interest law firm with big-money backing and ties to longtime progressive activists, Fox News Digital has learned.
The Oregon-based firm Our Children’s Trust (OCT), which is classified as a 501(c)(3) public charity, was established more than a decade ago to provide youth with legal services “to secure their legal rights to a safe climate.” Since its founding, OCT has filed multiple federal lawsuits, spearheaded legal actions in all 50 states and is even involved in litigation in Canada, Mexico, Pakistan, India and Uganda.
“These young people are doing exactly what they’ve been taught by elders — when they see a wrong, they take steps to right it,” Mat dos Santos, OCT’s co-executive director and general counsel, said last week.
Dos Santos, who is tasked with overseeing OCT’s legal program, made the comments during a rally outside the White House where activists called for President Biden to take their side in Juliana v. United States, one of several cases the group is pursuing. According to OCT, the plaintiffs in the case are 21 young Americans who are concerned the government has violated their constitutional rights to life, liberty and property.
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Youth plaintiffs represented by Our Children’s Trust await the start of the nation’s first youth climate change trial at Montana’s First Judicial District Court in Helena, Montana, on June 12, 2023. (William Campbell/Getty Images)
OCT filed its complaint in Juliana v. United States in 2015, arguing that the federal government has contributed to global warming for decades, despite being well aware of the cataclysmic impacts of climate change. The lawsuit — which is currently making its way through the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals — takes aim at policies allowing fossil…
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