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US District Judge Ann Aiken ordered attorneys for plaintiffs and for the Department of Justice to meet for a settlement conference with Magistrate Judge Thomas Coffin in the climate suit Juliana v United States.
Aiken said she thinks it’s “a tremendous opportunity” and she said she hopes parties don’t see this just as a “ministerial step”.
Plaintiffs’ attorney Julia Olson said they’re happy to do so. Juliana v United States was filed in 2015. It argues the federal government knowingly supported the fossil fuel industry and took actions to contribute to the climate crisis. The 21 plaintiffs now range in age from 13 to 25 years old. The settlement meeting will take place within the next six weeks.
Former fugitive accused in 2001 eco-terror case pleads not guilty in Sacramento court
Sacramento Bee 5/6/2021 Sam Stanton, The Sacramento Bee
May 5 Twenty years after suspected eco-terrorists set fire to a horse corral at a federal facility near Susanville, a one-time international fugitive charged in a case alleging numerous arson attacks nationwide pleaded not guilty Wednesday in Sacramento federal court.
Joseph Mahmoud Dibee, 53, who was apprehended in 2018 in Havana as he prepared to board a flight to Russia, entered the plea during a Zoom appearance in court on a 2006 federal grand jury indictment charging him with arson and conspiracy to commit arson in the corral fire.
Young people seeking to change federal policy on climate change try new tactic
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Youth plaintiffs in the climate change lawsuit gather in a federal courthouse for a hearing in front of a panel of judges with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Portland, Ore., in 2019. That suit was dismissed so they’re trying a different tactic.Robin Loznak / Associated Press
After a federal appeals court reluctantly dismissed a lawsuit by 21 young people demanding government action against climate change, the youths proposed Tuesday to scale back their suit and seek only a ruling that U.S. promotion of fossil fuels violates their rights to life and liberty.
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Murmurs: Hernandez Resigns In other news: Lights out at Mahonia Hall. Rep. Diego Hernandez. (Sam Gehrke) Updated February 24
HERNANDEZ RESIGNS: After U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken on Feb. 20 rejected a plea from state Rep. Diego Hernandez (D-East Portland) to block a vote to expel him from the Oregon House, Hernandez resigned Feb. 21 rather than wait to see if 40 or more of the 60 members of the House would eject him. A couple of years ago, Hernandez appeared poised for higher office. But since