9th Circuit Denies Youths’ En Banc Rehearing Request In Climate Change Case

Mealey's (February 11, 2021, 9:02 AM EST) -- PORTLAND, Ore. — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Feb. 10 denied a petition for rehearing en banc filed by youths and an environmental group seeking reversal of a divided January 2020 decision that found that they lacked standing to pursue claims that the government knew about the association between burning fossil fuels and climate change but failed to take the proper actions....