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    Historic Win in Colorado Fracking Lawsuit

    Historic Win in Colorado Fracking Lawsuit

    In a 2-1 decision Thursday, the Colorado Court of Appeals reversed the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission’s order denying a youth-brought rulemaking petition against fracking and a lower court’s order upholding the denial. The court remanded the case to the district court and the commission, finding that the commission erred in its interpretation of […]

    Climate Kids Demand Feds to Turn Over ‘Wayne Tracker’ Emails

    Climate Kids Demand Feds to Turn Over ‘Wayne Tracker’ Emails

    Attorneys representing 21 youth plaintiffs in Juliana v. United States served request for production of documents to the U.S. government and the American Petroleum Institute (API), asking both defendants to turn over the “Wayne Tracker” emails, as part of discovery in the climate case. As ExxonMobil explained Tuesday, the email address pseudonym “was put in […]

    Trump Files Motion to Delay Kids’ Historic Climate Lawsuit

    Trump Files Motion to Delay Kids’ Historic Climate Lawsuit

    The Trump administration filed a motion Tuesday seeking an appeal to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on a federal judge’s Nov. 10, 2016 order in Juliana v. United States. The Trump administration also filed a motion to delay trial preparation until after its appeal is considered. Kids Name Trump as Defendant in Landmark Climate […]

    Kids Name Trump as Defendant in Landmark Climate Case

    Kids Name Trump as Defendant in Landmark Climate Case

    Youth plaintiffs in Juliana v. United States filed a notice Thursday with a federal court in Oregon, naming Donald J. Trump as a defendant in their landmark climate case on pace for trial this fall. Plaintiffs have substituted President Trump as a named party in place of former President Barack Obama under the Federal Rules. […]

    Feds Respond to Allegations in Historic Lawsuit: Fossil Fuel Emissions Put Humans on ‘Dangerous Path’

    Feds Respond to Allegations in Historic Lawsuit: Fossil Fuel Emissions Put Humans on ‘Dangerous Path’

    On Jan. 13, the federal government filed its answer to youth plaintiffs’ complaint in Juliana v. United States. In their answer, the federal defendants make several admissions to their long-standing knowledge of climate change danger and to today’s knowledge on the severity of those impacts. Victory for America's Youth: Federal Judge Rules Climate Lawsuit Can […]

    Youth Seek Testimony From Exxon’s Rex Tillerson in Federal Climate Lawsuit

    Youth Seek Testimony From Exxon’s Rex Tillerson in Federal Climate Lawsuit

    Attorneys representing 21 young people in their federal climate lawsuit, sought today to obtain testimony from Rex Tillerson, former CEO of ExxonMobil and President-elect Trump‘s candidate for Secretary of State. Leaked Documents Raise New Questions Over #Tillerson's Russian Links https://t.co/EMb5YOwVAe @PriceofOil @NRDC @greenpeaceusa @Greenpeace — EcoWatch (@EcoWatch) December 19, 2016 The notice seeks Tillerson’s testimony […]

    Kids Get Day in Court, Accuse State for Failing to Take Climate Action

    Kids Get Day in Court, Accuse State for Failing to Take Climate Action

    Judge Hollis Hill ruled Monday that the youths who sued the Department of Ecology for failing to take action on climate change can again move forward, now with a constitutional climate rights claim that adds the state of Washington and Gov. Jay Inslee as defendants. The court granted the youth’s request “due to the emergent […]