Politics
Teens’ Climate Change Suit Against U.S. Blocked by Judges
- California court says it’s up to government to deal with issue
- U.S. was accused of worsening global warming over 50 years
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Climate change should be addressed by Congress and the electorate, not the courts, a federal appeals panel ruled in ending a lawsuit brought on behalf of young people who sought to force the government to draw up a plan to phase out fossil fuel emissions.
In a split decision Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco agreed the 21 young people who sued presented compelling evidence that climate change is bringing “eve of destruction” nearer, but said it was beyond its power to order a remedial plan.