U.S. Supreme Court,
Environmental & Energy
Jan. 29, 2020
Climate plaintiffs should have chance to argue at trial
The plaintiffs should have the opportunity to argue this “discoverable and manageable” benchmark at trial.
John H. Minan
Emeritus Professor of Law
University of San Diego School of Law
Professor Minan is a former attorney with the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. and the former chairman of the San Diego Regional Water Quality Board.
The scientific consensus is that climate change represents a long-term peril to the planet. Readily observable impacts of climate change abound. The secretary general of the United Nations has called climate change the "defining issue of our time" and a direct existential global threat. In contrast, President Donald Trump's position on climate change is breathtaking in the willingness to ignore the readily observable facts and the scientific consensus. Congress has be...
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