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12 Apr 2018

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Karen Savage, Climate Liability News

Youth Climate Case Vs. U.S. Government Will Head to Trial in October

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On October 29, 21 young people suing the federal government for violating their constitutional right to a safe climate will finally have their day in court.  The date was decided Thursday at a conference in Eugene, Ore., between attorneys for both sides and Magistrate Judge Thomas M. Coffin.  The case will be heard by United States District Court Judge Ann Aiken...“In the coming months there will be depositions of the parties, defendants’ disclosure of their experts, and expert depositions in late summer,” said Julia Olson, lead attorney for Our Children’s Trust and co-counsel for the youth plaintiffs.  “We will build a full factual record for trial so that the Court can make the best informed decision in this crucial constitutional case.”...

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