‘Gamechanger’: judge rules in favor of young activists in US climate trial

Sixteen young plaintiffs had alleged the Montana state government had violated their right to a healthy environment

The judge who heard the US's first constitutional climate trial earlier this year has ruled in favor of a group of young plaintiffs who had accused state officials in Montana of violating their right to a healthy environment.

I'm so speechless right now," Eva, a plaintiff who was 14 when the suit was filed, said in a statement. I'm really just excited and elated and thrilled."