MISSOULA — “What do you want me to do?” U.S. District Court Judge Dana Christensen asked the legal team behind 22 youth suing the Trump administration over a series of actions aimed at “unleashing” the fossil fuel industry.

The lawsuit, Lighthiser v. Trump, was filed in Montana’s federal district court in May and seeks to overturn a series of executive orders the youth argue will make climate change — and related crises such as extreme wildfires — worse.

The federal government, joined by a coalition of 19 states and territories led by Montana, seek the case’s dismissal.

But Christensen, during a hearing Wednesday in Missoula’s federal courthouse, seemed skeptical of the remedy as he quizzed a lawyer for the youth about rolling back the three executive orders.

The lawsuit seeks to overt

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