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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.