Chernaik v. Brown

ELR Citation: 49 ELR 20006
No(s). 16 (Or. Ct. App. Jan 9, 2019)

An Oregon appellate court upheld a lower court's finding that the public trust doctrine does not require the state to defend the environment from climate change. Plaintiff children had sought declaratory relief for the state's failure to take sufficient steps to protect its public trust resources fr...