A U.S. appeals court has definitively dismissed a lawsuit filed by 21 young Oregon-based activists, who argued that the U.S. government's energy policies violated their constitutional rights by failing to protect them from climate change. The Ninth Circuit Court ruled in favor of a government request, prompted by the Biden administration, to dismiss the case, marking the end of what has been described as a landmark youth climate lawsuit. This decision underscores the court's stance that climate policy decisions should be determined by Congress, not the judiciary.