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2018-08-18 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Judge Dismisses Youth Climate Change Lawsuit in Washington State

[Inside Climate News] The state judge wrote that climate change poses urgent threats, but that it should be solved by the executive and legislative branches, not the courts.

A group of young climate advocates who sued the state of Washington to force it to reduce greenhouse gas emissions lost their case on Tuesday when a judge sided with the state and agreed to dismiss it.

The judge urged them to pursue their cause through other channels.

King County Superior Court Judge Michael Scott wrote that the issues at the heart of the case are political and should be considered by the state's legislative and executive branches, not settled by its courts.

The Washington lawsuit is one of nine state-level cases involving youth advocates supported by Our Children's Trust, the group leading a federal youth lawsuit that heads to trial in a U.S. District Court in Oregon this October. Like the federal suit, known as Juliana v. U.S., the state lawsuits accuse the government of failing to protect the children from the dangers of climate change and pushing policies that favor fossil fuel use.

The U.S. Supreme Court recently rejected a plea by the Trump administration to halt the federal trial, but in doing so, it also cautioned the lower court to tread cautiously before expanding judicial powers.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-08-18 07:01|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ] Top

#1 The state judge wrote that climate change poses urgent threats, but that it should be solved by the executive and legislative branches, not the courts.

Working on that consideration for the next SCOTUS opening?

Posted by Procopius2k 2018-08-18 08:09|| 2018-08-18 08:09|| Front Page Top

#2 considering the location, i expect His Honor to be out of a job next election: his verdict dosen’t fit seattlestan’s thinking

Posted by USN, Ret. 2018-08-18 10:33|| 2018-08-18 10:33|| Front Page Top

#3 Phew, Atmospheric CO2 homeopathy should not be public policy.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2018-08-18 11:02|| 2018-08-18 11:02|| Front Page Top

#4 There's more of an urgent threat from the activists than there is from "man made" global warming. Temperature fluctuations are normal, they are cyclical and they have been occurring for centuries.

Posted by warthogswife 2018-08-18 13:31|| 2018-08-18 13:31|| Front Page Top

#5 The judge urged them to pursue their cause through other channels.

Yeah. Try the English Channel.

Posted by gorb 2018-08-18 16:53|| 2018-08-18 16:53|| Front Page Top

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