EPA Urges Court To Exclude Climate Testimony From Sewer Pact Trial

摘要

Justice Department (DOJ) lawyers, on behalf of EPA, are asking a federal judge to bar environmentalists' expert witnesses from testifying at an upcoming trial that a proposed consent decree for upgrading sewer infrastructure in Miami-Dade County, FL does not appropriately address sea level rise and other climate change effects. The request is the latest indication that EPA and DOJ are resisting consideration of potential climate impacts in this case, an approach that is baffling environmentalists given the Obama administration's stated commitment to addressing the issue.