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HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Whether a constitutional right to a healthy, livable climate is protected by state law is at the center of a lawsuit going to trial Monday in Montana, where 16 young plaintiffs and their attorneys hope to set an important legal precedent.

In a trend that began during the early days of the pandemic, The American Israelite’s website engagement numbers have continued to rise. Since January 2023, the site has averaged between 11 million and 14 million hits per month. Hits indicate the number of times the server receives a request for information. The Israelite’s hit numbers indicate a high level of communication between the paper’s server and other browsers.

The focus of JCRC’s 2023 annual meeting was “Working Across Differences,” a theme highlighted in Director Rabbi Ari Ballaban’s opening remarks to the packed Amberley Room in the Mayerson JCC, June 13, 2023.

Please, stop scaring and exploiting the kids in an attempt to score political points in the climate/energy debate.

The ruling could have implications across the U.S.—and around the world.

The plaintiffs object to the state allowing companies to build power plants and expand coal mines, among other thing.

A lawyer for 16 young people on Tuesday asked a Montana judge for a historic order declaring the state’s pro-fossil fuel policies violate their rights, wrapping up arguments in the first youth-led U.S. climate change lawsuit to make it to trial. Judge Kathy Seeley in Helena took the case under consideration on Tuesday after hearing from 12 of the plaintiffs during the course of the trial who described how the state's policies are exacerbating the climate crisis, impacting their heal...

A ruling from judge is expected sometime after parties file their proposed findings in the case, which are due in early July

Roundup: Conservative legislators, climate scientists await decision in historic Montana trial in U.S.-

An attorney for 16 young plaintiffs urged a judge Tuesday to strike down as unconstitutional a Montana law that prohibits state agencies from considering the environmental effects when it weighs permits allowing the release of greenhouse gases. Attorney Nate Bellinger made the plea in his closing argument at the end of a seven-day trial. Plaintiffs…