The Government has a duty to protect us from climate change? I thought the Trump cases were nuts, this is insane. This judge is a wack job. Imagine making fossil fuels illegal due to climate change for a second. WOW!
Young environmental activists prevail in first-of-its-kind climate change trial in Montana
The ruling in this first-of-its- kind trial in the US adds to a small number of legal decisions around the world that have established a government duty to protect citizens from climate change.
District Court Judge Kathy Seeley found the policy the state uses in evaluating requests for fossil fuel permits — which does not allow agencies to look at greenhouse gas emissions — is unconstitutional.
It marks the first time a US court has ruled against a government for violating a constitutional right based on climate change, said Harvard Law School Professor Richard Lazarus.
“Every additional ton of GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions exacerbates plaintiffs’ injuries and risks locking in irreversible climate injuries,” Seeley wrote.
https://nypost.com/2023/08/15/young...-of-its-kind-climate-change-trial-in-montana/
Young environmental activists prevail in first-of-its-kind climate change trial in Montana
The ruling in this first-of-its- kind trial in the US adds to a small number of legal decisions around the world that have established a government duty to protect citizens from climate change.
District Court Judge Kathy Seeley found the policy the state uses in evaluating requests for fossil fuel permits — which does not allow agencies to look at greenhouse gas emissions — is unconstitutional.
It marks the first time a US court has ruled against a government for violating a constitutional right based on climate change, said Harvard Law School Professor Richard Lazarus.
“Every additional ton of GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions exacerbates plaintiffs’ injuries and risks locking in irreversible climate injuries,” Seeley wrote.
https://nypost.com/2023/08/15/young...-of-its-kind-climate-change-trial-in-montana/