Excessive Government, Biased Courts, Incompetence, Hysterical Environmentalists, Lawyers, Over-Regulation, NIMBYs, Costs and Excessive Complexity All Contribute; Nothing Can Get Done in this Country
Check out this bullshit from Fox News: "A Montana judge has sided with youth activists who argued that state agencies’ use of fossil fuels and its impact on the environment violated their constitutional rights.
District Court Judge Kathy Seeley found the state’s policy used to evaluate requests for fossil fuel permits is unconstitutional because it does not force agencies to evaluate the effects of greenhouse gas emissions.
Judge Seeley wrote that "Montana's emissions and climate change have been proven to be a substantial factor in causing climate impacts to Montana's environment and harm and injury" to the youth.
Youth plaintiffs in the climate change lawsuit
This is the first-of-its-kind trial in the U.S. establishing a government duty to protect citizens from climate change.
It's still up to the state legislature to determine how to bring the policy into compliance – a steep hurdle for a fossil fuel-friendly state where Republicans dominate.
Julia Olson, an attorney representing the youth and executive director of Our Children's Trust, called the ruling a "huge win for Montana, for youth, for democracy, and for our climate."
"As fires rage in the West, fueled by fossil fuel pollution, today's ruling in Montana is a game-changer that marks a turning point in this generation's efforts to save the planet from the devastating effects of human-caused climate chaos," Olson said."
Check out this bullshit from Fox News: "A Montana judge has sided with youth activists who argued that state agencies’ use of fossil fuels and its impact on the environment violated their constitutional rights.
District Court Judge Kathy Seeley found the state’s policy used to evaluate requests for fossil fuel permits is unconstitutional because it does not force agencies to evaluate the effects of greenhouse gas emissions.
Judge Seeley wrote that "Montana's emissions and climate change have been proven to be a substantial factor in causing climate impacts to Montana's environment and harm and injury" to the youth.
Youth plaintiffs in the climate change lawsuit
This is the first-of-its-kind trial in the U.S. establishing a government duty to protect citizens from climate change.
It's still up to the state legislature to determine how to bring the policy into compliance – a steep hurdle for a fossil fuel-friendly state where Republicans dominate.
Julia Olson, an attorney representing the youth and executive director of Our Children's Trust, called the ruling a "huge win for Montana, for youth, for democracy, and for our climate."
"As fires rage in the West, fueled by fossil fuel pollution, today's ruling in Montana is a game-changer that marks a turning point in this generation's efforts to save the planet from the devastating effects of human-caused climate chaos," Olson said."
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