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  • Youth Plaintiffs Urge Ninth Circuit to Reinstate Constitutional Climate Case Challenging Federal Fossil Fuel Orders

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 13, 2026 Contacts: Julia Olson, Chief Legal Counsel, 415.786.4825, julia@ourchildrenstrust.org Helen Britto, Communications Director, 925.588.1171, helen@ourchildrenstrust.org Nicole Funaro, Media Relations Strategist, nfunaro@publicjustice.net PORTLAND, Ore. — Youth plaintiffs from across the United States appeared today before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Lighthiser v. Trump, urging the Court to reverse a…

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  • Save the Date: 22 Youth Head to Portland for Ninth Circuit Oral Arguments in ‘Lighthiser v. Trump’

    PORTLAND – Youth suing the Trump administration are heading back to federal court. On April 13, 2026, youth from across the country will stand before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Lighthiser v. Trump, challenging President Trump’s pro-fossil fuel Executive Orders that “unleash” fossil fuels, block renewable energy development, suppress critical climate science, and…

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  • AAJ, Public Justice Urge U.S. Supreme Court to Reject Monsanto’s Effort to Seek Legal Immunity

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  Wednesday, April 1, 2026  Contact: Meredith Rogers, Meredith.Rogers@justice.org, (771) 241-9680 Communications@publicjustice.net Joint Amicus Brief Asks the Court to Uphold the Court of Appeals’ Decision in ‘Monsanto v. Durnell’ WASHINGTON, DC — The American Association for Justice (AAJ) and Public Justice filed an amici curiae brief today urging the U.S. Supreme Court to…

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  • Public Justice Statement on Endangered Species Committee’s Vote to Exempt Oil and Gas Drilling in Gulf of Mexico from Endangered Species Act Protections

    On Tuesday, March 31, the Endangered Species Committee voted to suspend the Endangered Species Act’s protections of the extremely endangered Rice’s whale and that of endangered sea turtles and sperm whales. In doing so, the Trump administration overrode a National Marine Fisheries Service mandate for oil and gas ships in the Gulf of Mexico that…

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  • Statement on OSU President Ted Carter Resigning After Disclosing Inappropriate Relationship

    Statement on The Ohio State University president Walter “Ted” Carter announcing his resignation after disclosing an inappropriate relationship:  “Ted Carter said he “made a mistake” by engaging in an inappropriate relationship. But as the legal team for hundreds of sexual assault survivors who OSU has failed for decades, we believe this goes deeper than a…

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  • Media organizations seek to obtain records by filing a motion to intervene ‘Oregon v. Trump’

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 6, 2026 Media Contacts: Nicole Funaro, communications@publicjustice.net PORTLAND, OR — Several media organizations, represented by nonprofit legal advocacy organizations Public Justice and Public Accountability, have filed a motion to intervene to protect the public’s right of access to records in Oregon v. Trump, a lawsuit stemming from the deployment of the National…

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  • Civil Rights and Immigration Advocates to Court: Sham Settlement Betrays Victims of Housing Scam

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 3, 2026 CONTACT: press@democracyforward.org, communications@publicjustice.net Friend of the Court Brief in Texas Fair Housing Case Calls Out Troubling Terms of Settlement Agreement HOUSTON – A coalition, led by the National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) and composed of nonprofit organizations focused on fair housing, civil rights, and immigration advocacy, today asked a…

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  • Youth At the Forefront of Petitions Challenging EPA’s Rescission of Landmark Climate Finding and Greenhouse Gas Standards for Vehicles

    Contacts:   Julia Olson, Chief Legal Counsel, 415.786.4825, julia@ourchildrenstrust.org    Helen Britto, Comms. Associate Director, 925.588.1171, helen@ourchildrenstrust.org Nicole Funaro, Media Relations Strategist, communications@publicjustice.net WASHINGTON — 18 young people from across the United States, represented by Our Children’s Trust and Public Justice, have filed a petition challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) decision to rescind…

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  • Statement on the Environmental Protection Agency’s Revocation of the Endangerment Finding on the Dangers of Greenhouse Gases

    Contacts: Julia Olson, Chief Legal Counsel, 415.786.4825, julia@ourchildrenstrust.org Helen Britto, Comms. Associate Director, 925.588.1171, helen@ourchildrenstrust.org Nicole Funaro, Media Relations Strategist, nfunaro@publicjustice.net Today, the Trump Administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) revoked its 2009 endangerment finding, striking down the agency’s longstanding science-based conclusion that greenhouse gases endanger the public health of Americans. The move eliminates the U.S.…

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