DOJ disputes right to ‘stable climate system’ in youth climate suit

The Department of Justice (DOJ) is arguing that there is no constitutional right to a stable climate in its opening brief in a high-profile appeal of litigation brought by a group of youth who charge the federal government is violating the Constitution’s due process clause by promoting fossil fuels that cause global warming. Its Feb. 1 filing in Juliana v. United States asks the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit to reverse a November 2016 procedural ruling...