"Juliana v. US climate trial set for February 5, 2018", 28 Jun 2017

Today, [a] U.S. [m]agistrate [j]udge…issued an order in the climate lawsuit brought by 21 youth, Juliana v. United States, setting a trial date for February 5, 2018 before [a] U.S. District Court…in…Oregon…

The order also released three fossil fuel industry trade associations, the National Association of Manufacturers (“NAM”), the American Petroleum Institute (“API”), and the American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers (“AFPM”), as defendants in the case...

The associations joined together to Intervene…on the side of the U.S. government defendants, but last month, all three industry groups [sought] permission to withdraw from the case….NAM[‘s] General Counsel recently said that because of the shift in administrations, NAM “no longer feel[s] that [its] participation in this case is needed to safeguard industry and [its] workers.”

On June 9, 2017, the Trump administration [had sought] an extraordinarily rare review of a [prior] decision…to deny [the governments’] motion to dismiss the case…

[The] 21 young plaintiffs…argue that their constitutional and public trust rights are being violated by the government’s creation of climate danger…