Youth Plaintiffs Argue Abortion, West Virginia Rulings Help Climate Case

October 12, 2022
Youth plaintiffs in a stalled novel climate change lawsuit against the Biden administration are citing two recent Supreme Court rulings they oppose -- one overturning a constitutional right to an abortion and the other narrowing EPA’s greenhouse gas regulatory authority -- as helping their bid to keep their case alive. The youth’s suit, Juliana, et al. v. United States , has long been pending before Judge Ann Aiken of the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon. Over two...


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