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In our earth matters series now, as we continue to see more devastating and deadly extreme weather events such as the fires in maui, a major legal victory. a judge has ruled montana's continued use and mining of fossil fuels violates the state's constitution's guarantee of a clean and healthful environment for current and future generations. 16 young people from montana sued the state in an unprecedented case. i'm joined now by the lead plaintiff, ricky helt. julia olson is the chief legal counsel for our children's trust, the organization young people in pending climate cases in four other st...

In other states? >> we do. we have a hawaii trial set for june 2024. we're going to the utah supreme court, and we're also in the virginia court of appeals in addition to our big federal case the julianna versus united states litigation. we are aiming to get to trial early next year. >> julia and ricky, congratulations to both of you and thank you for your time today. turning to our health lead, stroke is the fifth most common cause of death in the united states and for those who do survive, strokes often leave them disabled. now for the first time a deep brain still lmulateor can help move....

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Young environmental activists scored what may be a groundbreaking legal victory Monday when a Montana judge said state agencies were 

The plaintiff's attorneys put on a week-long taxpayer publicity stunt. montana is expected to appeal the ruling. you just graduated from college. will you continue this fight if the state appeals? >> yeah. julia can talk about this more. if it gets appealed, we'll go to the montana supreme court and it will continue, yeah. >> julia, on a practical level, what does this ruling accomplish beyond, obviously, the symbolic victory? this ruling is monumental. it's one of the most important rulings on climate change in the history of the world. what happened in montana was experts, climate scientis...

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