Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against Trump Climate Rollbacks

Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against Trump Climate Rollbacks
Smoke rises from a coal-fired power plant in Romeoville, Illinois, on Feb. 1, 2019. Scott Olson/Getty Images
Bowen Xiao
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A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit from an environmental organization and two Pennsylvania boys that sought to block deregulatory action by the Trump administration against climate change policies, citing the fact that the court doesn’t have the power to instruct what the White House can or cannot do.

The lawsuit, dubbed “Clean Air Council v. the United States,“ claimed President Donald Trump’s rollbacks on restrictive climate policies violated the public trust. The plaintiffs sought to block anything that would violate ”the constitutional rights to a life-sustaining climate system.”
Bowen Xiao
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Bowen Xiao was a New York-based reporter at The Epoch Times. He covers national security, human trafficking and U.S. politics.
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