King County judge makes historic ruling against Washington State in climate change case – ‘These children can’t wait, the polar bears can’t wait, the people of Bangladesh can’t wait’
Desdemona Despair [cf. Judge denies motions by fossil fuel industry and federal government in landmark climate change case – ‘The most important lawsuit on the planet right now’] By Sydney Brownstone29 April 2016 (The Stranger) – A King County Superior Court judge has reversed a ruling that gave the Washington State Department of Ecology the opportunity to decide when to cut statewide greenhouse gas emissions. Because of a lawsuit filed by eight Washington State kids, Judge Hollis Hill has ruled that the threat of climate change is so urgent that the state must be placed on a court-ordered deadline to hold polluters accountable now. The decision was the first of its kind. http://b4in.com/fa4b
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