Not All Environmental Rights Amendments Are Created Equally: The Climate Science Behind Held v. Montana

Not All Environmental Rights Amendments Are Created Equally: The Climate Science Behind Held v. Montana

Author: Environmental Law Institute September 13, 2023 Duration: 22:26

In this week’s 'court watch' episode of the People, Places, and Planet podcast, Host Sarah Backer and guests ELI Staff Attorney Jarryd Page and Science Fellow John Doherty, dive into how the youth-led constitutional climate case of Held v. State of Montana incorporated climate science and the implications that Judge Kathy Seeley’s decision might have for future climate litigation. Jarryd and John both work for ELI’s Climate Judiciary Project (CJP). CJP collaborates with leading national judicial education institutions to provide neutral, objective information to the judiciary about climate science and how it interacts with the law.   

You can read the accompanying blog here, which includes more analysis and direct quotes from the Held decision. 

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