Biden administration's DOJ joined Trump and Obama admins in blocking lawsuit arguing a livable planet is a constitutional right.
Of course, the effort is also supported by Republicans bankrolled by the fossil fuel industry. Top donors include the oil giant #KochIndustries, the fossil fuel lobby #AmericanPetroleumInstitute, and oil & gas companies #ValeroEnergy & #ExxonMobil
#Climate #ClimateEmergency
https://jacobin.com/2023/08/joe-biden-justice-department-climate-crisis-constitutional-right-julianna-v-us?fbclid=IwAR1L8QDLgs03bWFVhRIg93qYPPOA_0OdSVy4Z5iNm1nPYS33bd_dVmsZ0Uw

Among other things, the latest report makes unmistakably clear that whatever #Chevron, #BP, #Shell, #Exxon and other members of the #AmericanPetroleumInstitute may say about their climate policies, their investments show that they intend to continue producing and selling oil and gas deep into the future — and well beyond the carbon budgets implied by any of the world’s climate goals.

How an Early Oil Industry Study Became Key in Climate Lawsuits - a 1968 paper commissioned by the American Petroleum Institute, the powerful fossil fuel trade group - written by Elmer Robinson and Bob Robbins - scientists at the Stanford Research Institute - is basis of two dozen U.S. states and localities suing the industry. https://www.bespacific.com/how-an-early-oil-industry-study-became-key-in-climate-lawsuits/ #ClimateCrisis #FossiFuel #AmericanPetroleumInstitute #OilIndustry #LegalResearch #Libraries #InterlibraryLoan