Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Jeffrey Bossert Clark (argued), Assistant Attorney General; Andrew C. Mergen , Sommer H. Engels , and Robert J. Lundman , Attorneys; Eric Grant , Deputy Assistant Attorney General; Environment and Natural Resources Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; for Defendants-Appellants.
Julia A. Olson (argued), Wild Earth Advocates, Eugene, Oregon; Philip L. Gregory , Gregory Law Group, Redwood City, California; Andrew K. Rodgers , Law Offices of Andrea K. Rodgers, Seattle, Washington; for Plaintiffs-Appellees.
Theodore Hadzi-Antich and Ryan D. Walters , Texas Public Policy Foundation, Austin, Texas, for Amici Curiae Nuckels Oil Co., Inc. DBA Merit Oil Company; Libety Packing Company, LLC; Western States Trucking Association; and National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center.
Richard K. Eichstaedt , University Legal Assistance, Spokane, Washington, for Amici Curiae Eco-Justice Ministries; Interfaith Moral Action on Climate; General Synod of the United Church of Christ; Temple Beth Israel of Eugene, Oregon; National Advocacy Center of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd; Leadership Counsel of the Sisters Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary of Monroe, Michigan; Sisters of Mercy of the Americas' Institute Leadership Team; GreenFaith; Leadership Team of the Sisters of Providence of Saint-Mary-of-the-Woods Indiana; Leadership Conference of Women Religious; Climate Change Task Force of the Sisters of Providence of Saint-Mary-of-the-Woods; Quaker Earthcare Witness; Colorado Interfaith Power and Light; and the Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd, U.S. Provinces.
Dr. Curtis FJ Doebbler , Law Office of Dr. Curtis FJ Doebbler, San Antonio, Texas; D. InderComar , Comar LLP, San Francisco, California; for Amici Curiae International Lawyers for International Law.
Wendy B. Jacobs , Director; Shaun A. Goho , Deputy Director; Emmett Environmental Law & Policy Clinic, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts; for Amici Curiae Public Health Experts, Public Health Organizations, and Doctors.
David Bookbinder , Niskanen Center, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae Niskanen Center.
Courtney B. Johnson , Crag Law Center, Portland, Oregon, for Amici Curiae League of Women Voters of the United States and League of Women Voters of Oregon.
Oday Salim , Environmental Law & Sustainability Clinic; Julian D. Mortensen and David M. Uhlmann , Professors; Alexander Chafetz , law student; University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, Michigan; for Amicus Curiae Sunrise Movement Education Fund.
Zachary B. Corrigan , Food & Water Watch, Inc., Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae Food & Water Watch, Inc.; Friends of the Earth — US; and Greenpeace, Inc.
Patti Goldman , Earthjustice, Seattle, Washington; Sarah H. Burt , Earthjustice, San Francisco, California; for Amici Curiae EarthRights International, Center for Biological Diversity, Defenders of Wildlife, and Union of Concerned Scientists.
David Hunter and William John Snape III , American University, Washington College of Law, Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae International Environmental Law and Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide—US.
Timothy M. Bechtold , Bechtold Law Firm PLLC, Missoula, Montana, for Amici Curiae Members of the United States Congress.
Rachael Paschal Osborn , Vashon, Washington, for Amici Curiae Environmental History Professors.
Thomas J. Beers , Beers Law Offices, Seeley Lake, Montana; Irma S. Russell , Professor, and Edward A. Smith , Missouri Chair in Law, the Constitution, and Society, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, Kansas City, Missouri; W. Warren H. Binford Professor or Law & Director, Clinical Law Program, Willamette University, Salem, Oregon; for Amicus Curiae Zero Hour on Behalf of Approximately 32,340 Children and Young People.
Helen H. Kang , Environmental Law and Justice Clinic, Golden Gate University School of Law, San Francisco, California; James R. May and Erin Daly , Dignity Rights Project, Delaware Law School, Wilmington, Delaware; for Amici Curiae Law Professors.
Toby J. Marshall , Terrell Marshall Law Group PLLC, Seattle, Washington, for Amici Curiae Guayaki Sustainable Rainforest Products, Inc.; Royal Blue Organics; Organically Grown Company; Bliss Unlimited, LLC, dba Coconut Bliss; Hummingbird Wholesale; Aspen Skiing Company, LLC; Protect Our Winters; National Ski Areas Association; Snowsports Industries America; and American Sustainable Business Council.
Alejandra Núñez and Andres Restrepo , Sierra Club, Washington, D.C.; Joanne Spalding , Sierra Club, Oakland, California; for Amicus Curiae Sierra Club.
Dissent by Judge Staton.
