ELR Citation: 42 ELR 20159
No(s). D-101-CV-2011-01514 (D.N.M. Jul 14, 2012) (Singleton)

A district court held that a minor may bring a climate change lawsuit against the state of New Mexico under the public trust doctrine. The minor made a substantive allegation that, notwithstanding statutes enacted by the New Mexico legislature that enable the state to set air quality standards, the ...