"Appeals Court Takes Up Youth Climate Change Lawsuit Against Trump"

"A federal court will hear arguments on whether a novel global warming lawsuit that would pit the U.S. government against children can move to trial."

"A federal appeals court announced that it will hear oral arguments on December 11 on whether a groundbreaking climate change lawsuit brought by 21 children and young adults against the Trump administration can proceed to trial.

A trial date of Feb. 5, 2018, in Eugene, Oregon had been set by a lower federal court in the lawsuit, Juliana et al v. United States.

But in July, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco paused the lawsuit after the Trump administration filed a petition asking it to review the lower court's decision to allow the case to go to trial. The Department of Justice contended in its petition that proceeding with the case would launch a discovery process that would be onerous to the federal government."

Neela Banerjee reports for InsideClimate News November 17, 2017.