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Environmentalists, tribe file lawsuit over Trump climate order

Type
Literature
Publication
Webber, T., Brown, M. 2017. Environmentalists, tribe file lawsuit over Trump climate order.
Year Published
2017
Organization
NGO
Description

Environmental groups that vowed to fight President Trump’s efforts to roll back his predecessor’s plans to curb global warming made good on their promise Wednesday, teaming up with an American Indian tribe to ask a federal court to block an order that lifts restrictions on coal sales from federal lands.