Montana's pro|environment Constitution goes on trial

Montana's pro-environment Constitution goes on trial - E&E News

16 young people will argue that state officials are violating the Montana Constitution's right to a “clean and healthful environment” by ignoring climate ...

Montana's Climate Change Lawsuit May See Sequels Across America

The Montana Supreme Court heard arguments this week in an appeal from the country's first-ever constitutional climate trial, ...

Montana's High Court Considers a Constitutional Right to a Stable ...

The state's Supreme Court heard oral arguments on an appeal of a decision that struck down a law supporting fossil fuel development.

Young climate activists land tentative win in Montana constitutional ...

Advocates for the environment will try to get the court to strike down fossil fuel permitting and leasing decisions — anything which affects ...

Held v State of Montana: A Constitutional Rights Turn in Climate ...

The case, brought by 16 youth plaintiffs, was the first in the USA to be brought on the basis of a constitutional right to a healthy environment ...

What Held v. Montana immediately offers for Constitutional ...

Montana, decided by Montana state court Judge Kathy Seeley last August, is already widely recognized as a landmark case in environmental law.

Teens take Montana to court over fossil fuels' impact on climate ...

As the smoke from a nearby wildfire billowed over the town of Helena a few weeks ago, 16 young people walked into the Montana Supreme Court — to listen as ...

Montana's pro-environment Constitution goes on trial

Montana's pro-environment Constitution goes on trial. The Montana Constitution — a model for other state environmental protections — is ...

Held v. State - Climate Change Litigation Databases

Montana Youth Plaintiffs' Constitutional Climate Case Set to Go to Trial in February 2023. It was reported in February 2022 that a trial date of February 6, ...

In a landmark climate change trial, a Montana judge sides with youth ...

— A Montana judge on Monday sided with young environmental activists who said state agencies were violating their constitutional right to a ...

How Montana's Constitution Laid the Groundwork for a Landmark ...

This article is part of a series on the youth-led constitutional climate change lawsuit Held v. Montana, which goes to trial in Helena on June ...

Held v. Montana: A Win for Young Climate Advocates and What It ...

[3] Relying on an environmental right in the Montana constitution, a group of young plaintiffs persuaded the court to strike down two state laws ...

Climate Science and Held v. State of Montana

In 1972, amidst calls for reform and on the heels of the nation's first Earth Day, Montana amended its constitution to include an ...

Victory in Montana! Children, the Constitution, and the Climate Crisis

This year, Held v. Montana—the only constitutional climate litigation to go on trial in the United States—was brought by Our Children's Trust on ...

Montana Supreme Court hears Held v. Montana youth climate lawsuit

HELENA — Attorneys weighed in on the extent of the Montana Constitution's environmental protections and the separation of powers Wednesday ...

Know Your Rights (And the Climate's): Held v. State of Montana as a ...

The right upheld in the Montana Constitution by Held is the right to a clean and healthful environment. ... case that comes to court is ...

Climate Disruption on Trial - PennFuture

Background On Held v. Montana · A Constitutional Right to a “Clean and Healthful Environment” · Previous Cases · A Supreme Court Victory Won't Stop ...

Judge Rules in Favor of Montana Youths in a Landmark Climate Case

The court found that young people have a constitutional right to a healthful environment and that the state must consider potential climate ...

Montana Climate Case - Flathead Beacon

The first constitutional climate change lawsuit to go to trial, Held v. Montana, will take place on June 12. to determine if the state violated the ...

Montana climate plaintiffs respond to state's Supreme Court appeal

Delegates to Montana's 1972 Constitutional Convention wanted to improve the state's environment and said they had crafted provisions of the ...