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Courts are becoming battlegrounds for action on climate change

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Wed, 2024-07-10 20:32 — mike kraft

How courts are becoming battlegrounds for action on climate change Judges are increasingly being drawn into the fight against climate change as activists and civic groups bring lawsuits aimed at enforcing climate commitments and protecting the environment. Courts from Estonia to Norway to the US are all weighing cases that pit governments against small groups of dedicated activists. Cases focus on disputes about concrete measures to protect the environment as citizens and organizations seek to force lawmakers to do more to protect the climate. A group of elderl Yahoo News

Montana urges state top court to overturn landmark climate ruling 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. Nate Raymond Reuters

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