The Montana Supreme Court upheld a landmark trial court decision in favor of 16 young people who said their health and futures were being jeopardized by climate change that the state aggravates through its permitting of energy projects. SEE ALSO:Judge dismisses youth clim...
Please disregard US--Youth Climate Lawsuit-Montana, published on June 1, 2023, and datelined in HELENA, Mont FILE Judge Kathy Seeley listens to arguments during a status hearing for Held vs. Montana in the Lewis and Clark County Courthouse in Helena, Mont., on Friday, May...
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana judge on Friday said a climate change lawsuit from young people challenging the state's pro-fossil fuel policies will proceed to trial despite efforts by the state to derail the case. The upcoming trial in Helena would be...
It was a fitting scene to close the first youth-led climate trial in the U.S. last Tuesday.Held v. Montanawas, on its face, about a very specific statutory provision buried in Montana’s Environmental Policy Act that forbids the state’s environmental agency from assessing the climate impact...
state will urge the Montana Supreme Court to conclude that the lawsuit by 16 young people should never have gone to trial in the first place because they lack
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana judge on Friday said a climate change lawsuit from young people challenging the state’s pro-fossil fuel policies will proceed to trial despite efforts by the state to derail the case. The plaintiffs want to use the trial scheduled to begin June 12 to hig...
A judge in Montana, citing theJulianacase, agreed with that reasoning when dismissing parts of the lawsuit last summer but allowed other claims to advance toward a trial. Those claims don't assert that Montana isn't doing enough to stop climate change. Rather, they allege, the state's actio...
Seeley wrote in the ruling that "Montana's emissions and climate change have been proven to be a substantial factor in causing climate impacts to Montana's environment and harm and injury" to the youth. However, it's up to the state legislature to determine how to bring the policy into co...
Youth plaintiffs in the climate change lawsuit, Held vs. Montana, arrive at the Lewis and Clark County Courthouse, on June 20, 2023, in Helena, Mont., for the final day of the trial. (Thom Bridge/Independent Record via AP, File) ...
In Montana Climate Kids Lawsuit, Climate Change Misinformation Wins By Gregory Wrightstone A group of young people in Montanawon a landmark lawsuiton August 14, when ajudge ruledas unconstitutional the state’s failure to consider climate change when approving fossil fuel projects. The judge accepte...