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Montana “Youth Citizens” Win Landmark Climate Change Case Against State Government

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A Montana state district court has issued its long-awaited decision in a major climate change case brought by Montana children against state officials. Judge Seeley did so after presiding over a two-week, non-jury trial in June 2023–the first such climate change trial in U.S. In Held v. legal history.

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The Ten Most Important U.S. Environmental Laws

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My own priorities are public health, climate change, and preservation of biodiversity/ecosystems. It is significant because if its huge public health benefits and because it has provided the basis for EPA regulation of greenhouse gases. Pavley Act. climate law. I included all laws passed in the U.S.,

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