Feds: Challenge to Trump energy policy another 'climate change crusade'

Federal Court Rejects Climate Change-Based Challenge To Wyoming Drilling Permits

A federal court on Tuesday rejected environmental groups’ effort to overturn thousands of oil and gas drilling permits in Wyoming and New Mexico. The court said they couldn’t show how drilling in Wyoming would directly impact polar bears in the Arctic.

Feds: Challenge to Trump energy policy another 'climate change crusade'

The U.S. Department of Justice argues the Missoula complaint is asking for a solution that is beyond the courts to provide.

The Environment and the Rule of Law - Legal Planet

Trump is on a rampage. He has big plans for a mass repeal of existing regulations; he’s trying to use emergency declarations to short circuit normal environmental protections; and he’s savaging environmental agencies. He’s also at war with the rule of law, dodging court orders, ignoring statutes, and punishing lawyers and law firms that have dared to challenge him. In area after area, Trump has tried to sweep aside legal constraints.  Part of th…