Youth Plaintiffs Urge 9th Circuit To Reject DOJ Bid To End Climate Case

Youth plaintiffs in a long-running climate change case against the United States are asking an appellate court to deny the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) latest request to terminate the case, arguing that the court has “already ruled conclusively” that the defendants do not meet the high burden for invoking their requested extraordinary relief. The plaintiffs lay out these arguments in a March 21 filing to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit in Juliana v. United States of...