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State of Montana squares off against youth in landmark climate case

By Breanne Deppisch
Published June 20, 2023 3:10pm ET
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State of Montana squares off against youth in landmark climate case
Young plaintiffs in a climate lawsuit challenging Montana's government for not doing enough to combat climate change are seen outside the Lewis and Clark County courthouse, June 12, 2023, in Helena, Mont. A group of Montana youth who say their lives are already being affected by climate change and that state government is failing to protect them are the first of dozens of such efforts to get their lawsuit to trial Monday. | (Thom Bridge/Indpendent Record via AP)


A first-of-its-kind climate change case pitting the state of Montana against a group of young plaintiffs resumed this week, as state officials sought to dispute the notion that their government has a constitutional obligation to protect its residents from the effects of climate change.

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