Environmental & Energy,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Jan. 27, 2020
Can courts help avoid an environmental apocalypse?
On Jan. 20, the 9th Circuit found that a “substantial evidentiary record [that] documents that the federal government has long promoted fossil fuel use despite knowing that it can cause catastrophic climate change, and that failure to change existing policy may hasten an environmental apocalypse.”
Erin Daly
Professor
Delaware Law School
Helen Kang
Professor
Golden Gate University School of Law
James R. May
Professor
Delaware Law School
On Jan. 20, in Juliana v. U.S., the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that a "substantial evidentiary record documents that the federal government has long promoted fossil fuel use despite knowing that it can cause catastrophic climate change, and that failure to change existing policy may hasten an environmental apocalypse." 2020 DJDAR 315. Nonetheless, in a 2-1 deci...
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