Biden Administration Urges Court to Scrap Youth Climate Trial - Bloomberg Law
Biden Administration Urges Court to Scrap Youth Climate Trial
The Department of Justice wants an appellate court to quash the youth climate lawsuit Juliana v. US, which was greenlit last year for trial in Oregon.
In a petition filed at the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Feb. 2, the Biden administration said Judge Ann Aiken of the US District Court for the District of Oregon was wrong to resurrect Juliana by letting an amended complaint proceed to trial.
Judge Aiken allowed the case to proceed after a Ninth Circuit decision dismissed the original complaint in 2020. Aiken’s ruling violated the Ninth Circuit’s mandate, according to ...
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Climate change is now a driver of the world’s economy. The impact is profound:
- Catastrophic weather events — hurricanes, floods, droughts, high temperatures — are more frequent and more extreme. The cost can be measured in both the initial damage caused and the longer-term impact on the economy.
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