In 2023, a group of 16 young Montanans won a much-heralded climate change case that said the state had deprived them of a “clean and healthful environment,” a right enshrined in Montana’s constitution.

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Read about the lawsuit here , and about Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen’s desire to dismiss it here .

Their victory in Held v. Montana , later upheld by the state Supreme Court , resounded across the country, showing that young people have a stake in the issue of climate change, advocates say. Yet, state policies to address the causes of climate change in Montana — ho

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