"The Department of Justice wants an appellate court to quash the youth climate lawsuit Juliana v. US, which was greenlit last year for trial in Oregon.

In a petition filed at the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Feb. 2, the Biden administration said Judge Ann Aiken of the US District Court for the District of Oregon was wrong to resurrect Juliana by letting an amended complaint proceed to trial.

Judge Aiken allowed the case to proceed after a Ninth Circuit decision dismissed the original complaint in 2020. Aiken’s ruling violated the Ninth Circuit’s mandate, according to the DOJ.

“Plaintiffs—a group of young people and a putative representative of future generations—seek sweeping relief from the Judicial Branch, not the political Branches, that would install the district court in a supervisory role over the federal government’s response to climate change in its entirety,” the Justice Department said in its petition."

Jennifer Hijazi reports for Bloomberg Environment February 12, 2024. [2]