Defending Ed Files Amicus Brief to Prevent Environmental Activists from Circumventing the Ballot Box

On November 14, 2025, Defending Ed filed an amicus brief in Dunn v. Public Service Commission.

In Wisconsin, activist environmental organizations who object to commonsense energy policies have failed to persuade voters or elected officials. So they are trying a new tactic: filing climate lawsuits—with children as the named plaintiffs—that ask courts to impose sweeping renewable energy mandates. The strategy behind these lawsuits is clear. Activist groups hope to weaponize sympathetic child plaintiffs to challenge policies that they couldn’t defeat at the ballot box. But these lawsuits do not represent the views of everyday American families. In fact, most Americans support the continued use of traditional fuels like gas, oil, and coal to provide affordable energy for hardworking parents and their children. Climate activists are free to disagree. And they are free to encourage voters to support tighter restrictions on the use of fossil fuels. What they cannot do is ask the judiciary to resolve that policy dispute for them.

For those reasons, on November 14, 2025, Defending Ed filed an amicus brief in Dunn v. Public Service Commission supporting the defendant’s motion to dismiss the case entirely.

Read the full amicus brief below: