Youth Climate Case Plaintiffs Criticize DOJ ‘Rinse-and-Repeat’

A judge should reject the federal government’s attempts to “rinse-and-repeat” and allow a landmark climate change case to go to trial, the group of young people that filed the suit said.

The US District Court for the District of Oregon should deny the Biden administration’s motion to dismiss the second amended complaint and motion to certify for interlocutory appeal because the defendants have argued the same issues that have been previously decided throughout extensive litigation that began in 2015, the group argued in a filing Thursday.

The Ninth Circuit has already held that ignoring prior decisions and making efforts ...