US EditionMontana, 18 Other States Move to Support Feds in New Climate Lawsuit
MONTANA, JUL 10 – Montana leads a coalition of 19 states defending Trump-era fossil fuel policies amid youth-led climate lawsuits challenging economic and constitutional impacts, officials said.
- Montana and 18 other states filed a brief on Tuesday in U.S. District Court seeking to intervene as defendants in a federal lawsuit challenging Trump's fossil fuel policies.
- The lawsuit, filed in May by 10 young Montanans, aims to block Trump’s executive orders that promote fossil fuel production and reverse prior green energy policies.
- The brief highlights significant economic, employment, and resource interests at stake, referencing a nearly unanimous Montana Supreme Court ruling in favor of youth plaintiffs last year.
- Lead attorney Julia Olsen highlighted that several states are stepping forward to support policies that increase fossil fuel emissions, suppress scientific findings, and remove protections established by Congress, emphasizing the critical and urgent constitutional issues at stake in the case.
- The court will hold a hearing September 16-17 in Missoula on the government's dismissal request and the motion to stay the executive orders amid this ongoing constitutional and environmental dispute.
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Montana, 18 other states move to support feds in new climate lawsuit
The lawsuit, filed by some of the successful plaintiffs from Held v. Montana two years earlier, aims to block the Trump administration’s efforts to "unleash” domestic fossil fuel production.
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