Legal Opinion
WildEarth Guardians v. Zinke
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 19, 2019No. Civil Action No.: 16-1724 (RC)PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUDOLPH CONTRERAS, United States District Judge
I. INTRODUCTION
Climate change, and humanity's ability to combat it, are increasingly prominent topics of public discourse. This case concerns the attention the government must give climate change when taking action that may increase its effects. Two non-profit organizations, WildEarth Guardians ("WildEarth") and Physicians for Social Responsibility (together, "Plaintiffs") assert that the United States Bureau of Land Management ("BLM") violated federal law by not sufficiently considering climate change when authorizing oil and gas leasing on…
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