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2y ago

Montana judge rules in favor of youth in historic climate change lawsuit

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A judge in Montana ruled on Monday that the state violated the state constitutional rights of 16 young people by promoting the use of fossil fuels and ignoring the effects of greenhouse gas emissions, which cause global warming and climate change. The ruling, a historic first in the U.S. for environmental law, could influence thousands of other pending climate change lawsuits in the country.
- How long until this gets appealed to Scotus who rules that young people can go fuck themselves?
  Our government is owned by powerful interests who dont care they are killing us and our youth.
  
  An appeal is likely, but this is still a big W. It immediately invalidates laws prohibiting the consideration of emissions. Even if it gets knocked down by higher courts, it will likely have some impact in the immediate term (allowing people to bring up emissions concerns when energy permits are going through approval right now).
  And more importantly, it might pave a way for future change. The first attempt down a new path might not get all the way to the end, but it might have a lasting impact in other ways. And this one just jumped over the first big hurdle.
  Congrats to this pretty bad ass group of young ones.