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Montana Republicans urge reversal of landmark ruling in climate change lawsuit by young plaintiffs

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HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Attorneys for Republican officials in Montana pressed the state Supreme Court on Wednesday to overturn a landmark climate ruling that...

and their attorneys to use courts to leverage action on climate change. It must be upheld by the state's high court to set lasting legal precedent.

“The temperature goes up day by day," Sullivan said. “If nothing is done, it will be much hotter 50 years from now, when these young plaintiffs are my age, because of this climate emergency to which the state of Montana is a substantial contributing factor.

However, most of those lawsuits haven't yet been served on state officials as the activists wait for the high court to weigh in, said Derf Johnson, of the Montana Environmental Information Center, a plaintiff in the cases. Individuals and organizations filed briefs in support of the plaintiffs ahead of Wednesday's oral arguments, including Native American tribes, health experts, outdoor recreation businesses, and athletes such as

 

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