US EditionMontana appeals landmark climate change ruling in case brought by young advocates
- The office of Montana's Republican attorney general is appealing a landmark climate change ruling that said state agencies aren't doing enough to protect 16 young plaintiffs from harm caused by global warming.
- The plaintiffs argued they were already feeling the consequences of climate change, with smoke from worsening wildfires choking the air they breathe and drought drying rivers that sustain agriculture, fish, wildlife, and recreation.
- The state argued that the volume of greenhouse gases released from Montana fossil fuel projects was insignificant compared to the world's emissions.
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Montana Appeals Landmark Climate-Change Ruling Favoring Youth Plaintiffs
The office of Montana’s Republican attorney general is appealing a landmark climate change ruling that said state agencies aren't doing enough to protect 16 young plaintiffs from harm caused by global warming. The state filed notice Friday that it is going to appeal the August ruling by District Court Judge Kathy Seeley, who found the Montana Environmental Policy Act violates the plaintiffs' state constitutional right to a clean and healthful en…
Montana appeals landmark climate change ruling in case brought by young advocates
The state of Montana is set to appeal a landmark state court ruling that sided with youth climate activists who sued the state for contributing to climate change. Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen’s (R) office filed a notice of appeal Friday in the case Held v. Montana, which was decided by District Court Judge Kathy…
Sexton ungdomar som stämt delstaten Montana i USA för att inte skydda dem från klimatförändringarnas hälsoeffekter, fick i augusti rätt i det unika
Montana is appealing a major climate change ruling that favored youth activists
The office of Montana's Republican attorney general is appealing a landmark climate change ruling in which a judge said state agencies aren't doing enough to protect 16 young plaintiffs from harm caused by global warming.
Montana appealing landmark climate change ruling that favored youth plaintiffs
HELENA, Mont. — The office of Montana’s Republican attorney general is appealing a landmark climate change ruling that said state agencies aren't doing enough to protect 16 young plaintiffs from harm caused by global warming.
Sixteen young people who sued the US state of Montana for failing to protect them from the health effects of climate change, got the unique climate target right in August. Now the state is appealing the ruling, the Montana prosecutor's office announced. According to the August ruling, Montana's climate policy violates young people's right to a clean and healthy environment. The youth of...
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