California Youth Climate Plaintiffs Sharpen Focus on Regulation - Bloomberg Law
California Youth Climate Plaintiffs Sharpen Focus on Regulation
Eighteen California youth plaintiffs renewed their claims against the US Environmental Protection Agency, this time seeking an injunction to prevent the EPA from placing a lower value on children’s lives during cost-benefit analysis.
The new complaint filed in the US District Court for the Central District of California Monday comes weeks after Ninth Circuit judges quashed the closely-watched youth climate case on May 1 for a similar lack of redressability, saying a declaration of the government’s wrongdoing wouldn’t help alleviate the alleged harm of environmental policies.
- The California plaintiffs had alleged in December 2023 that the US Environmental Protection Agency ...
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