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HELENA, Mont. (AP) Montana officials sought to downplay a first-of-its-kind trial taking place over the state’s obligations to protect residents from climate change, saying Monday that a victory by the young plaintiffs would not change approvals for fossil fuel projects. Attorneys for Montana’s Republican attorney general laid out their defense following a week of […]
A first-of-its-kind climate change case pitting the state of Montana against a group of young plaintiffs resumed this week, as state officials sought to dispute the notion that their government has a constitutional obligation to protect its residents from the effects of climate change.
HELENA, Mont. — Montana officials sought to downplay a first-of-its kind trial taking place over the state s obligations to protect residents from climate change, saying Monday that a victory by