Judges should dismiss kids’ climate case. Congress, the president should address threats from warming planet | Opinion

The trial court opinion is testimony to why the case should not go to trial. Most striking among several, shall we say, innovative legal conclusions is that plaintiffs’ due-process rights are violated because the government’s actions and inaction “will permanently and irreversibly damage plaintiffs’ property, their economic livelihood, their recreational opportunities, their health, and ultimately their (and their children’s) ability to live long, healthy lives.”