Youths Ask To Amend Climate Change Complaint To Seek Only Declaratory Relief

Mealey's (March 10, 2021, 10:45 AM EST) -- EUGENE, Ore. — A number of youths suing the federal government over its alleged failure to enact legislation to protect them from the known risks between the combustion of fossil fuels and climate change on March 9 asked a federal judge in Oregon for permission to file a second amended complaint that would seek only declaratory relief, thus overcoming a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals January 2020 ruling that their request for injunctive relief could not redress their injuries under Article III of the U.S. Constitution....