Sixteen young people are accusing Montana in a lawsuit of infringing on their right to a clean and healthful environment with its heavy reliance on developing fossil fuels.
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Sixteen young people are accusing Montana of infringing on their right to a clean and healthful environment with its heavy reliance on developing fossil fuels., was filed in March 2020 and is the first of its kind to move forward to a trial in the United States. The trial is scheduled to start on Feb. 6, 2023, according to documents obtained by NBC News.
Montana is one of six states that mention environmental rights in their state constitution. In August 2021, a judge denied the state’s move to dismiss the lawsuit., was filed in federal court in Oregon in 2015, but it has not yet been given a trial date.
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