The Globe and Mail reports in its Tuesday edition that the federal government is urging a Federal Court judge to dismiss a lawsuit claiming Ottawa is not intending to meet its 2030 greenhouse gas emissions target. A Canadian Press dispatch to The Globe reports that government lawyers argue the court lacks the authority to compel the government to meet these targets. The government also argued it wasn't up to the court to "opine on the political and policy issues" at the heart of the lawsuit. The government wrote: "There is no basis on which a court could order any of the relief sought in the Application. The Act creates no duties which could be owed to the Applicants." Climate advocates filed a lawsuit against the federal government in June arguing recent policy changes have knocked Ottawa off its track to meet Canada's legislated greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets. Prime Minister Mark Carney has been accused of backsliding on climate policy for the better part of the last year. He eliminated the consumer carbon price in March, 2025. Although he pledged a stronger industrial carbon pricing system, critics say he weakened it with a May agreement with Alberta, affecting other provinces and territories.