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Joe Biden’s DOJ Is Claiming “There Is No Constitutional Right to a Stable Climate” (jacobin.com)

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In the same week large swaths of the US were under extreme heat warnings, Joe Biden’s Justice Department filed its most recent motion to dismiss a landmark climate case by arguing that nothing in the Constitution guarantees the right to a secure climate.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well, technically the Justice Department is correct. Which on the other hand should not imply that the government should just keep out of it.

But the climate change was mainly caused by people and corporations, so they are the ones to blame.