Judge rejects part of suit seeking U.S. climate reports to United Nations

November 12, 2018
A federal district court has dismissed part of a suit brought by environmentalists seeking to force the Trump administration to submit required reports to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), after finding that the group, Center for Biological Diversity (CBD), lacked standing to sue. However, Judge James Boasberg, of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, in a Nov. 8 memorandum opinion says that CBD will have 30 days to file an amended complaint to...


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