Posted on Aug 19, 2023
Lead youth plaintiff on 'unbelievable' victory in constitutional climate case against Montana
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A group of 16 youth activists just won a landmark climate lawsuit against the state of Montana.
Held v. Montana is the country’s first constitutional climate case. District Court Judge Kathy Seeley ruled that Montana's fossil fuel policies violated a provision in its constitution that guarantees “a clean and healthful environment.”
“It's just kind of unbelievable because we've been working on this for so long,” says 22-year-old Rikki Held, the only plaintiff of legal age at the time of filing the lawsuit. “It happens to be my name, but it’s so much bigger than myself and even us involved in the case because this matters for the whole world, even outside of Montana's borders.”
Held v. Montana is the country’s first constitutional climate case. District Court Judge Kathy Seeley ruled that Montana's fossil fuel policies violated a provision in its constitution that guarantees “a clean and healthful environment.”
“It's just kind of unbelievable because we've been working on this for so long,” says 22-year-old Rikki Held, the only plaintiff of legal age at the time of filing the lawsuit. “It happens to be my name, but it’s so much bigger than myself and even us involved in the case because this matters for the whole world, even outside of Montana's borders.”
Lead youth plaintiff on 'unbelievable' victory in constitutional climate case against Montana
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
SGT (Join to see) Too Bad Older Americans are such Willing Tools of the Fossil Fuel Industry!
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Our Children’s Trust has legal proceedings in all 50 states, including in Hawaii, where youth are suing the state’s Department of Transportation amid deadly wildfires, which were likely worsened by the planet’s warming.
Generation Z bears the brunt of decades of climate change and is seeing the effects. And many members are fighting back
“I just have a lot of hope for the future,” Held says. “With decisions like this and all of the other court cases coming, there’s going to be a change. It’s just a matter of time now.”
..."Our Children’s Trust has legal proceedings in all 50 states, including in Hawaii, where youth are suing the state’s Department of Transportation amid deadly wildfires, which were likely worsened by the planet’s warming.
Generation Z bears the brunt of decades of climate change and is seeing the effects. And many members are fighting back
“I just have a lot of hope for the future,” Held says. “With decisions like this and all of the other court cases coming, there’s going to be a change. It’s just a matter of time now.”
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They haven's lived long enough (none of us has) to be able to ascertain if this is really Climate Change of another one of the Earth's normal fluctuations in climate. Scientists know from the past that the Earth has gone through a number of dramatic changes long before man was ever a factor.
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MSG Stan Hutchison
IMO, common sense tells us that humans are a contributing factor in climate change. Just drive through any city with your window down.
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