Montana has some of the largest coal reserves in the world. Mindy Goldstein, a clinical professor who specializes in environmental law at Emory University, says the framers of the Montana constitution aimed to adopt the strongest environmental protection provision that can be found in any state constitution.
Recently, a group of young climate activists in Montana won a lawsuit against their state government.
A judge ruled that the government failed to provide a clean environment, as guaranteed in Montana’s constitution, by supporting fossil fuel infrastructure.
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