Judge Appears Sympathetic To Youths' Suit Seeking Federal Climate Plan

EUGENE, OR -- A federal district court judge is suggesting she may agree with youth plaintiffs' novel argument that the federal government is violating their constitutional rights by failing to protect them from the impacts of global warming, and could allow their case against the Obama administration to move forward to the merits. Judge Ann Aiken of the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon, during Sept. 13 arguments in Kelsey Cascadia Rose Juliana, et al. v. United States...