The case was one of several youth-led climate cases in the U.S. A case by young people in Hawaii against the state's Department of Transportation is scheduled to go to trial next year, making it the second in the country to do so. A case against the U.S. government was revived in...
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 cli...
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...
The state is asking the court to reverse an August 2023 ruling by District Court Judge Kathy Seeley in Helena in the closely watched case. It was the first lawsuit in the United States by young environmental activists challenging state and federal policies they say are exacerbating climate change...
The case was brought in 2020 by attorneys for the environmental group Our Children's Trust, which since 2010 has filed climate lawsuits in every state on behalf of youth plaintiffs. Many cases — includinga previous one in Montana— have been dismissed. ...
Over the first five days of the trial, the plaintiffs’ attorneys carefully shaped their case through the stories and testimony of 21 witnesses—8 experts and 14 youth plaintiffs, 2 of whom were represented by their father. Each expert, from climate scientists to energy analysts and public hea...
climate. Their same legal theory has been thrown out of federal court and courts in more than a dozen states. It should have been here as well, but they found an ideological judge who bent over backward to allow the case to move forward and earn herself a spot in their next documentary...
According to Judge Kathy Seeley of Montana District Court, Montana is a “major emitter of greenhouse gas emissions in the world.” She added that the state’s emissions “have been proven to be a substantial factor” in affecting the climate. Is that the case?
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...
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...