Environmental groups sue Rex Tillerson over climate change after he gets fired

Published March 14, 2018 4:12pm ET



An environmental group leading several lawsuits against the administration sued Secretary of State Rex Tillerson soon after he was fired Tuesday for not meeting the deadline for issuing a climate report under the Paris climate agreement.

The Center for Biological Diversity made good on its threat to sue the State Department if it failed to abide by the United Nations Convention on Climate Change in sending the updated climate data to the United Nations. The group’s lawsuit follows the State Department’s failure to respond to the group’s Feb. 1 Freedom of Information Act request.

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