Montana's Climate Change Case: What the Court Decided and Why It Matters

Held v. Montana, decided by Montana District Court Judge Kathy Seeley last August, is widely recognized as a landmark case in environmental law. The ruling struck down a Montana
provision that forbade the state from “considering the impacts of greenhouse gas emissions or climate change” in analyzing permit applications. It is the first judicial decision in the nation
directly tying climate change to Constitutional rights. This morning we’ll hear from one of the expert witnesses in the case and from a legal scholar discussing the status of the ruling.

Introduced by Mary Hubbard

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