Judge Grants EPA Motion To Dismiss New Youth Climate Change Case

A federal district judge has quickly accepted EPA’s motion to dismiss a new climate change case brought by 18 California youth asserting the agency has unlawfully permitted projects with dangerous levels of greenhouse gas emissions, citing a recent appeals court ruling in a related youth climate case as justification. Judge Michael Fitzgerald of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California issued a May 8 order in Genesis B. v. EPA , holding that the youth lack standing...