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Lewis and Clark County District Court Judge Kathy Seeley sided with the young plaintiffs in her decision in the Held v. Montana trial.

The ruling comes two months after the conclusion of a seven-day trial in Helena that attracted national attention as one of the first to challenge a state’s fossil fuel policies

The Montana case, brought by plaintiffs ranging in age from 5 to 22, was the first of its kind to go to trial in the United States.

The first-of-its-kind ruling in the U.S. adds to a small number of legal decisions around the world that have established a government duty to protect citizens from climate change.

Young environmental activists scored a ground-breaking legal victory when a Montana judge said state agencies were violating their constitutional right to a clean environment by allowing fossil fuel development without

A historic ruling established that the state of Montana violated youths’ constitutional rights to a “clean and healthful environment.” This victory marks the first time in U.S. history that a court has declared that government actions promoting fossil fuels while ignoring climate change endanger and directly impact the well-being of young people. The lawsuit, Held […]

A law that bars the state of Montana from considering the impact of greenhouse gas emissions in environmental reviews violates the constitutional rights of 16 youths who sued over climate change, a state judge in Helena, Montana, has ruled.

In a landmark climate trial, a Montana court on Monday ruled in favor of a group of youths who accused the western U.S. state of violating their rights to a clean environment. District Court Judge Kathy Seeley said a state law preventing agencies from considering the im...

William Campbell/Getty Images, FILE(HELENA, Mont.) -- A group of young people from Montana won a major climate case on Monday after arguing the state failed to protect their right to a clean environment by continuing to use fossil fuels. The ruling determined that a provision in Montanas Environmental Policy Act violated the right to a clean environment, which is guaranteed under Montanas state constitution, by promoting the continued use of fossil fuels. The court said a provision in the law th...

William Campbell/Getty Images, FILE(HELENA, Mont.) -- A group of young people from Montana won a major climate case on Monday after arguing the state failed to protect their right to a clean environment by continuing to use fossil fuels. The ruling determined that a provision in Montanas Environmental Policy Act violated the right to a clean environment, which is guaranteed under Montanas state constitution, by promoting the continued use of fossil fuels. The court said a provision in the law th...