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[ad_1] 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...

[ad_1] At least eight people were killed and several others injured on Sunday when an SUV ran a red light and ploughed into a group waiting at a bus stop outside a migrant aid centre in the US state of Texas, police said. Law enforcement said they were treating the incident as an accident for now, although a witness told AFP the driver had yelled insults at the group before accelerating. The grey sport utility vehicle “went through a red light and ran over several people” at around 8:30 am (1330 GMT) in Brownsville, a border city at the southernmost tip of the state, police spokesman Martin Sandoval told AFP. He said seven people died and “nearly 10” others were injured. US media later reported that one person had died from their injuries at a local hospital. Witness Luis Herrera, whose arm was hurt in the incident, told AFP the crash was “sudden.” “A woman went by in a car and warned us to get out of the way,” he said. “It was a matter of moments. The killer came (throug...