In Reversal, DOJ Backs Environmentalists' Standing In NEPA Climate Suit

摘要

The Obama administration is dropping its opposition to environmentalists' ability to challenge the adequacy of environmental assessments conducted under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) on climate change grounds after a federal appellate court ruled last year that plaintiffs have standing to sue over inadequate assessment of an action's greenhouse gas (GHG) impacts even if they are only able to show local harms stemming from other adverse impacts.