In US first, youth win requiring state to consider
Lawsui, , was brought by 16 Montana plaintiffs between age 5-22, and supported by , a representing youth lawsuits across the country. The youth argued that laws violated their rights under Montana state constitution, which guarantees the right to “a clean and healthful environment in Montana for present and future generations.”
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Exciting news as young people hold their government accountable for providing a healthy environment! commondreams.org/news/montana-

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­­­The Secret War on Natural Rights—and Children | Opinion newsweek.com/secret-war-natura activists around the world have spent years urging the courts to force governments and companies to do more to mitigate the often invoking fundamental as a way to override the political processes that are failing to act Many of those cases center on the idea that there is a constitutional right to a healthy , which courts should be protecting

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