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"Dramatic week in #Montana #climate trial as youngsters tell of toll on lives - Youth plaintiffs accuse state officials of violating their right to a healthy environment in landmark case in #Helena

"The 16 young challengers argue that by enacting pro fossil-fuel policies, state officials have violated their constitutional rights to a healthy environment.

Similar youth-led constitutional lawsuits are currently pending in four other states; one federal suit, Juliana v United States, is also pending and was recently announced to be headed to trial.
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But Held v Montana is the first to reach that crucial stage. The case, which will be decided by Judge Kathy Seeley, could have reverberations around the country, experts say."
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Grace Gibson-Snyder, 19, loves her home state of Montana. Thinking about its future fills her with fear. She’s seen the lands she loves change since she was a child, she told the first judicial district court of Montana this week. The rivers she grew up rafting are getting lower amid frequent dry spells. The air she breathes in during soccer practice more frequently fills with wildfire smoke. And in Glacier national park in Montana’s Rocky Mountains, the glaciers are melting.

“I have hopefully 80 years left of living in Montana and living on this earth,” she said on the stand. “Knowing that my health will be in danger for those 80 years, my livelihood, my home? That’s a long time to live with that.”

Gibson-Snyder is one of the one of the 16 youth plaintiffs in the 2020 lawsuit Held v Montana. It’s being heard in the state capital, Helena, this week and next, marking the first constitutional climate trial in US history."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/17/montana-climate-trial-helena

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