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20 Jul 2018

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Jonathan Stempel, Reuters

U.S. loses bid to end children's climate change lawsuit

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A federal appeals court in San Francisco on Friday rejected the Trump administration's renewed bid to dismiss a lawsuit by young activists...[T]he 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the government fell short of the "high bar" needed to dismiss the Oregon case...The government contended that letting the case proceed would be too burdensome, unconstitutionally pit the courts against the executive branch, and require improper "agency decision-making"...But the appeals court said the issues raised "are better addressed through the ordinary course of litigation."  A trial is scheduled for Oct. 29 in the federal court in Eugene, Oregon...Julia Olson, one of their lawyers, said in a phone interview, "The 9th Circuit sees that this case needs to go to trial with a full factual record on the young plaintiffs' harms, their constitutional rights and climate science."...

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