HELENA, Mont. — The office of Montana’s Republican attorney general is appealing a landmark climate change ruling that said state agencies aren't doing enough to protect 16 young plaintiffs ...
Julia Olson, the lead attorney for Our Children's Trust, called it a "huge win for Montana, for youth, for democracy, and for our climate". "More rulings like this will certainly come." ...
The case argues the government violated young people’s constitutional rights by failing to curb the use of fossil fuels. A lower court had thrown it out.
At the beginning of 2024, young American climate litigants seemed poised for success. In December 2023, the prominent case of Juliana v. United ...
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Young climate activists in Oregon have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to revive their long-running lawsuit ...
Montana's top court on Wednesday appeared open to upholding a landmark ruling that found the state ... how new fossil fuel projects could affect climate change. Reuters, the news and media ...
The Montana Supreme Court ruled that a third-party Senate candidate can remain on the November ballot, rejecting the state's Democratic Party lawsuit.
Swiss Government Joins Parliament in Rejection of Landmark Climate Ruling by European Court On August 28, 2024, the Swiss government joined the country’s Parliament in its rejection of a ...
The lawsuit is one of several climate change cases youth ... While some of those cases have faltered, a Montana judge last year in a landmark ruling held that the state was violating the rights ...
The Swiss government on Wednesday denounced a landmark verdict against Switzerland ... country was not doing enough to tackle climate change. The ruling by the European Court of Human Rights ...
It seeks to have the ruling thrown ... Another climate lawsuit brought by young people was successful: Early this year the Montana Supreme Court upheld a landmark decision requiring regulators ...