A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that charged the Trump administration with harming green groups by removing government webpages that contained climate and environmental justice data.
A coalition of environmental and scientific groups alleged in a lawsuit last April that erasure of the data by EPA and other agencies hurt their ability to remedy environmental harms faced by communities.
But Judge Rudolph Contreras of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia said in an order Wednesday that the environmentalists failed to show they suffered an injury and had not “demonstrated a cognizable legal right to the information they seek.”
The Obama appointee added that “even assuming such a right exists,” any alleged impairment to their advocacy efforts or public education activities is “insufficient” to establish standing.
