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Judge allows youth constitutional climate rights case to move forward against state of WA and Gov. Inslee

Dec 20, 2016 | News Release, Protecting Washington's Atmosphere as a Public Trust, Regional Resilience: Pacific Northwest

Location: Seattle Judge Hollis Hill ruled Monday that the youths who sued the Department of Ecology for failing to take action on climate change can again move forward, now with a constitutional climate rights claim that adds the state of Washington and Gov. Jay...

Climate youths head back to court, Gov. Inslee must justify noncompliance with court order

Nov 21, 2016 | News Release, Protecting Washington's Atmosphere as a Public Trust

Location: Seattle Youth petitioners are returning to court on Tuesday, November 22, 2016 for a hearing where Gov. Jay Inslee’s administration must show why it is not in contempt of the court’s prior order to protect the constitutional rights of the youth from climate...

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