Your current location:HOME >sport >Environmental groups sue Maine for action on climate 正文
TIME:2024-05-17 17:05:50 Source: Internet compilationEdit:sport
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A youth organization and a pair of environmental groups are suing the state o
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A youth organization and a pair of environmental groups are suing the state of Maine to try to force the state to reduce carbon emissions in the era of climate change.
Maine Youth Action, the Conservation Law Foundation and the Sierra Club filed their lawsuit on Friday in state court. The lawsuit says the Maine Department of Environmental Protection is under an “existing and ongoing statutory obligation” to reduce emissions and has failed to do so.
The lawsuit harkens back to a similar effort in Montana in which young environmentalists sued state officials for failing to do enough to protect them from climate change. Those activists scored a victory in August.
The Maine lawsuit says the state must enact new rules that cut emissions for cars and trucks to make good on promises made by the Maine Legislature.
“Our generation will inherit a state overwhelmed by carbon emissions and climate change – with damage to the environment, to marine life, and to our own health – if we can’t start making these changes now,” said Cole Cochrane, policy director of Maine Youth Action.
REVEALED: Details of bitter feud between Maine $1.3B lottery winner and his warring family2024-05-17 16:18
Jewish leaders demand newly2024-05-17 16:14
Woman in Minnesota accused in the deaths of 2 children2024-05-17 16:01
Rangers put rookie outfielder Wyatt Langford on the injured list with a right hamstring strain2024-05-17 15:54
Meghan Markle re2024-05-17 15:38
Trump faces jail threat over gag order as prosecutors zero in on transactions at heart of the case2024-05-17 15:17
Dodgers place Kelly on injured list. Buehler activated to make first start in 2 years2024-05-17 14:51
John Swinney is crowned as SNP leader2024-05-17 14:37
Haiti's crisis rises to the forefront of elections in neighboring Dominican Republic2024-05-17 14:27
Suspect in custody after video recorded him appearing to steal a police vehicle amid gunfire2024-05-17 14:24
Justice Dept. makes arrests in North Korean identity theft scheme involving thousands of IT workers2024-05-17 17:01
Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert misses Game 2 in Denver2024-05-17 16:22
Biden bows to pressure from anti2024-05-17 15:52
Sports betting roundup: Betting the under works in hockey Game 7s while basketball goes over2024-05-17 15:34
New immigration court docket aims to speed up removals of newly arrived migrants2024-05-17 15:33
Baby Reindeer knocked off Netflix's top spot by new 'must2024-05-17 15:19
What's making me bruise so easily from the slightest knock? ASK DR MARTIN SCURR2024-05-17 15:12
Now Take That fans are left fuming after venue change from crisis2024-05-17 14:57
The late Rev. Billy Graham is immortalized in a statue unveiled at the US Capitol2024-05-17 14:55
How the late Queen's 'favourite' daughter2024-05-17 14:42