Sentences with phrase «federal climate lawsuit»
Olson has previously called the lawsuit «the biggest case on the planet», giving voice to the youngest members of society that can not yet vote but who will no doubt inherit our mess, and hopes it will set a precedent for future federal climate lawsuits.
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The decision by President Donald Trump to pull the U.S. out of the Paris Climate Accord has pushed environmentalists to file several lawsuits against the federal Environmental Protection Agency.
In an unprecedented move in a federal lawsuit, Alsup presided over a crash course in climate science with a single student: himself.
Beyond challenges to federal rulemaking, many of which are resolved in the D.C. Circuit court, there are other climate lawsuits underway across the country that could ultimately be heard by Trump appointees.
In the last two months, February and March 2018, multiple climate change accountability lawsuits moved forward: the New York Attorney General's argument against Exxon was bolstered by the Second Circuit Citizen's United decision, the Federal Government's writ of mandamus was rejected in favor of the...
The lawsuit filed Monday is the latest in a wave of legal cases filed by children against states and the federal government that accuse government of depriving them of the fundamental right to a stable climate.
Our Children's Trust, a nonprofit organization that filed the federal lawsuit, promotes a range of youth initiatives on climate change that extend beyond the courthouse.
The previous round of CAFE talks, which dates back to 2007 when the industry dropped its lawsuits against California's proposed emissions standards and set the table for the combined fuel economy and CO2 federal rules, brought auto makers to the front lines in the war against climate change.
A federal judge in San Francisco has ordered parties in a landmark global warming lawsuit to hold what could be the first - ever U.S. court hearing on the science of climate change....
The judicial collision course was set Friday when a federal judge in San Francisco ruled that climate change lawsuits by two counties and one city were best adjudicated in California state courts.
«This assessment is an example of what federal scientists can and should be doing when they are freed from political interference and allowed to actually do their jobs,» said Kassie Siegel, climate program director for the Center for Biological Diversity, the lead plaintiff in the lawsuit.
American Youth to bring US Federal Government to Trial in Ground - breaking Climate Change Lawsuit
The government needs to put a climate recovery plan in place as soon as possible, and at this point, the most direct and most efficient way to encourage that is through the federal courts — which is why I am a plaintiff in a lawsuit with several other kids from across the country who believe the government must do more to protect the future of our planet.
Ever since becoming Oklahoma's top prosecutor in 2011, Pruitt has joined or led state lawsuits to block virtually every major federal regulation around climate and air pollution that Obama's EPA has put forward.
If the U.S. government thought NASA climate scientist James Hansen has been a thorn in its side, just wait until he quits his job and becomes a full - time activist ready to take a more active role in lawsuits challenging the federal and state governments over their failure to limit emissions.
President Trump is a named defendant in our federal lawsuit, and this dangerous and reckless approval is yet another example of the US government taking affirmative action to destabilize our climate.
And some of those young people are at the forefront of lawsuits that claim the federal government, and several state governments, are responsible for preventing and addressing the consequences of climate change.
The federal lawsuit we are preparing and will soon file seeks to stop the climate engineering programs and have those involved answer to the people and planet.
Attorneys representing the teen plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit want to probe Tillerson on what he knew when about the dangers of burning fossil fuels to the climate.
For example, in 2006, then - Senator Kerry filed an amicus brief on behalf of an ultimately successful federal lawsuit brought by several environmental groups against the Bush administration, challenging the administration's suppression of the National Climate Assessment process.
The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in federal court, seeks damages from the five largest publicly - traded oil companies — BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil and Royal Dutch Shell — to help pay for the city's work adapting to climate change, including coastal protections and upgrading its sewer system.
With a decision that could have far - reaching implications, a federal judge in California has ordered the first ever U.S. court hearing on climate science for a «public nuisance» lawsuit, meaning that major oil and gas companies for the first time may have to go on the record regarding what they knew about the planetary impacts of their products — and when.
Climate Kids» Federal Lawsuit Goes To Trial Early Next Year on Feb. 5th https://t.co/30nqDeHWUq @youthvgov @KLCCRachael pic.twitter.com/Wurr 9QEkrS
In the last two months, February and March 2018, multiple climate change accountability lawsuits moved forward: the New York Attorney General's argument against Exxon was bolstered by the Second Circuit Citizen's United decision, the Federal Government's writ of mandamus was rejected in favor of the children plaintiffs in the Juliana case, and in The People...
Federal Judge's Unprecedented Order on Climate Science «Could Open Floodgates» for Big Oil Lawsuits
Our Children's Trust has launched a multi-pronged suite of lawsuits across the U.S. making similar arguments and asking states and the federal government to provide what Welle said is «science - based relief» when it comes to climate change.
Our entries on taking the CCSP and the White House Science Office to federal court on the National Assessment: (November 14) Conservation groups file suit against Bush administration to compel second National Assessment (November 14) Sen. Kerry statement in support of lawsuit on National Assessment of Climate Change Impacts (November 16) Press coverage and comment on the National Assessment lawsuit
In August, twenty - one young people, with the help of OCT, filed a landmark constitutional climate change lawsuit against the federal government, seeking a court order requiring the President to immediately implement a national plan to decrease atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide to a safe level: 350 ppm by the year 2100.
Closer to home, a lawsuit filed by 21 youth plaintiffs (including Kelsey Juliana) and world - renowned climate scientist James Hansen on behalf of future generations against the U.S. government cleared an important hurdle in November 2016 when federal judge Ann Aiken rejected the government and fossil fuel industries» motion to dismiss the case.
Born in 1941, he became a climatologist at the University of Iowa, developed the groundbreaking «Zero Model» for projecting climate change, and later became the head of climate research at NASA, only to leave under pressure when, while still a federal employee, he filed a lawsuit against the federal government charging inaction on warming (along the way he got arrested a few times for protesting, too).
The federal judge overseeing two climate liability lawsuits in California hosted a tutorial on climate science in his courtroom Wednesday, granting climate activists something they've long desired — «a trial on climate science.»
Ahead of the much - discussed «climate tutorial» in a federal court last week, Chevron quietly filed a memo with the court listing its key points and arguments in favor of dismissing the climate lawsuits, in which the cities of San Francisco and Oakland are targeting it and four other oil and gas companies.
Last week, a group of 21 young people, aged 9 to 20 years, won the right to sue the US government for its actions that cause climate change, when an Oregon federal judge ruled that the plaintiffs» lawsuit was valid and could proceed to trial.
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by Exxon Mobil aimed at stopping an investigation by New York and Massachusetts officials into whether the oil giant misled investors and the public about its knowledge of climate change.