EUGENE, Ore. — A federal judge says lawyers representing a group of youths arguing over climate policy should simplify their case if they want to make it to trial later this year in Eugene.
The Register-Guard reports that during a U.S. District Court hearing on Tuesday, Magistrate Judge Tom Coffin told the plaintiffs they should narrow the scope of the case, which seeks a court order requiring the government to quickly reduce carbon dioxide emissions, which many scientists have linked to global warming.
Coffin says the case could be headed for trial later this year.
Attorneys for the government and trade groups representing energy companies, which are named as defendants in the case, say the plaintiffs’ request for all climate change-related documents will take too long to collect and are asking to delay the trial.
