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A Montana judge sided with young environmental activists who said state agencies violated their constitutional right to a clean and healthful environment by permitting fossil fuel development.

The ruling following a first-of-its- kind trial 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.

District Court Judge Kathy Seeley ruled that the policy the state uses in evaluating requests for fossil fuel permits is unconstitutional.

Young environmental activists have scored a huge victory in Montana, where a judge has agreed that the state violated their constitutional right to "a clean and healthful...

District Court Judge Kathy Seeley ruled that the policy the state uses in evaluating requests for fossil fuel permits is unconstitutional.

A Montana judge has sided with young environmental activists who said state agencies were violating their constitutional right to a clean environment by...

A state court said Montana is violating young people's constitutional right to a clean environment by ignoring the climate effects of fossil fuels.

A Montana judge has sided with young environmental activists who said state agencies were violating their constitutional right to a clean environment by...

A Montana judge has sided with youth climate activists in a landmark case that argued their constitutional rights were violated by state agencies' disregard for the environment.

Legal counsel for Held v Montana has called this ruling a “game changer” in the younger generations’ efforts to save the planet.