Montana

A group of young people from Montana, a western US state, has won an important environmental case in court:the judge he thought the law in force is unconstitutional which does not provide - indeed prohibits - from take into consideration the polluting impact of fossil fuel projects at the time of their approval.“The government is violating the rights of young people,” the ruling reads, “and the state's greenhouse gas emissions have proven to be a substantial factor in cause negative climate impacts on the environment, harming the plaintiffs."From now on, taking into account the judge's decision, Montana, on whose territory there are 5 thousand gas wells, 4 thousand oil wells, four oil refineries and six coal mines, before approving or renewing projects that have to generate emissions, will have to evaluate its effect on the Planet. The 16 young people - aged between 5 and 22 - who dragged the State to court in 2020 argue that the unrestricted authorizations grant...