The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit-the appellate court that hears most regulatory challenges-appears to have set a high bar for environmentalists and other citizens to sue the government over actions that worsen global warming, hindering their efforts to bring suits under a host of environmental laws.rnIn its April 17 ruling in Center For Biological Diversity [CBD] v. U.S. Department of Interior[DOI], the court ruled that the Supreme Court's landmark decision in Massachusetts v. EPA did not grant citizens standing to sue on the merits of their climate claims. The appellate court only granted plaintiffs standing to sue on climate matters when the government has violated a procedural requirement.
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