Civil Litigation,
Environmental & Energy
Nov. 21, 2019
Suits alleging state’s greenhouse gas laws are racist heading toward trial next year
These policies are making it harder for low-income Californians to rent or buy homes, preventing them from building wealth and creating longer commutes, the plaintiffs argued.
Is California’s plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions racist? That’s a novel claim in a pair of cases headed for trial next year that were filed by a group of advocates for minority and low-income housing who are challenging the state’s decade-old law to fight climate change.
The group’s attorneys appeared at a case management conference in Fresno on Wednesday.
The hearing was to determine a tria...
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