'Our Voices Are Actually Being Heard': Historic Youth Climate Trial Begins in Montana

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The constitutional climate trial that began Monday in Montana, launched by youth plaintiffs represented by youthvgov, 'is a not-to-miss historic first.' YouthvGovMT

The first-ever constitutional climate trial in the United States—the result ofsuing the Montana government for promoting and supporting fossil fuels that dangerously warm up the planet—kicked off in Helena on Monday.

"Going to trial means a chance for me and my fellow plaintiffs to have our climate injuries recognized and a solution realized.

Plaintiff Mica Kantor recalls first hearing about climate change as a 4-year-old, when his parents took him to see the 2012 documentary

 

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