Dec 18 (Reuters) - Montana's top court ruled on Wednesday the state's constitution guarantees a right to a stable climate and ...

The justices, in a 6-1 ruling, rejected the state’s argument that greenhouse gases released from Montana fossil fuel projects ...

It looks like they do. In Held et al v. State of Montana the Montana Supreme Court declared the “MEPA Limitation” ...

The justices, in a 6-1 ruling, rejected the state’s argument that greenhouse gases released from Montana fossil fuel projects are minuscule on a global scale and reducing them would have no ...

Last year, Montana’s District Court ruled in favour of the 16 activists, now aged 7 to 23. The judge agreed that the policy the state uses in evaluating requests for fossil fuel permits - which ...

The state had previously appealed the ruling by Seeley, and arguments were heard in July, in which the state argued that greenhouse gases released from Montana fossil fuel projects are minuscule ...

The state’s high court ruled that Montana officials violated the constitutional rights to a healthy environment by expanding ...

said the decision would force Montana state agencies to assess the greenhouse gas emissions and climate impacts of all future fossil fuel projects when deciding whether to approve or renew them.