Climate change litigation: The Montana precedent

In Montana, in the United States, a court has found in favour of 16 young people, aged from 5 to 22, who argued that their constitutional right to a clean and healthful environment was violated by permitting fossil fuel projects, reports Binoy Kampmark.

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