The young sued US state on climate change and won - Times of India
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Young environmental activists scored what experts described as a ground-breaking legal victory Monday when a Montana judge said state agencies were violating their constitutional right to a clean and healthful environment by allowing fossil fuel development. The Montana case, brought by plaintiffs ranging in age from 5 to 22, was the first of its kind to go to trial in the US. The ruling adds to a small number of legal decisions around the world that have established a government duty to protect citizens from climate change . If it stands, the ruling could set an important legal precedent, though experts said the immediate impacts are limited and state officials pledged to seek to overturn the decision on appeal. District court judge Kathy Seeley found the policy the Montana state uses in evaluating requests for fossil fuel permits - which does not allow agencies to look at greenhouse gas emissions - to be unconstitutional. It marks the first time a US court has ruled agai...