Montana’s top court on Wednesday appeared open to upholding a landmark ruling that found the state violated the rights of young people to a healthy environment by barring regulators from considering how new fossil fuel projects could affect climate change.
Several justices on the seven-member Montana Supreme Court appeared skeptical of the Republican-led state’s contention that the 16 young people in the case lacked legal standing to challenge a restriction on agencies’ ability to consider greenhouse gas emissions when issuing permits.
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An extension of Denbury Inc’s Greencore carbon pipeline is ready to be lowered into its trench, in Montana, U.S., 2021. Denbury/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
