Kids for the climate heading back to court

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Joe Copeland Jan 12, 2018

Jan 12, 2018

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                <h1>Kids for the climate heading back to court</h1>
                <h2><p>The "Climate 8" case involving a group of children demanding state action against global warming is headed back to court. Late last year, the plaintiffs won a King County judge's ruling that they have standing to demand action and that the state has a duty to</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/joe-copeland-crosscut-com/">Joe Copeland</a></p> 
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            <p>The "Climate 8" case involving a group of children demanding state action against global warming is headed back to court. Late last year, the plaintiffs won a King County judge's ruling that they have standing to demand action and that the state has a duty to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. But Superior Court Judge Hollis Hill didn't order any action — the state was on track to issue new rules capping carbon emissions.</p><p>But, as <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/slog/2016/04/08/23924571/the-kids-who-sued-the-state-over-climate-change-are-trying-to-go-back-to-court?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">The Stranger reports </a>today, Andrea Rodgers, the lead attorney for the kids, says she is going to file a new motion in the case because, since the ruling, the Department of Ecology has paused its efforts to write emissions-cap regulations. Her aim is to force the state Department of Ecology to come up with a schedule for developing its rules. Message to Olympia: The kids are watching?</p><p>A report from last year by Crosscut's Martha Baskin on the overall legal strategy of the plaintiffs <a href="http://crosscut.com/2015/11/kids-in-court-the-climates-best-hope/?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">is here</a>.</p>
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The "Climate 8" case involving a group of children demanding state action against global warming is headed back to court. Late last year, the plaintiffs won a King County judge's ruling that they have standing to demand action and that the state has a duty to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. But Superior Court Judge Hollis Hill didn't order any action — the state was on track to issue new rules capping carbon emissions.

But, as The Stranger reports today, Andrea Rodgers, the lead attorney for the kids, says she is going to file a new motion in the case because, since the ruling, the Department of Ecology has paused its efforts to write emissions-cap regulations. Her aim is to force the state Department of Ecology to come up with a schedule for developing its rules. Message to Olympia: The kids are watching?

A report from last year by Crosscut's Martha Baskin on the overall legal strategy of the plaintiffs is here.

By Joe Copeland

Joe Copeland is the former senior editor&nbsp;for Crosscut, where he has been an editor since 2010. Before that, he was an editorial writer and columnist for the Seattle P-I and editorial page edi