U.S. appeals court orders dismissal of young people lawsuit over climate change

By Sebastien Malo

Jan 17 (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Friday threw out a lawsuit by children and young adults who claimed U.S. government climate policy put their future in jeopardy, a major blow to the high-profile case after a string of failed similar bids.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the plaintiffs, who were ages eight to 19 when the lawsuit began, lacked legal standing to pursue their case, and that the issues they raised should be decided by other branches of the federal government.

(Reporting by Sebastien Malo, Editing by Franklin Paul)