Professor-Civil & Environ Eng, Director-Atmos/Energy Program at Stanford U; Co-founder-Solutions Project & 100% Movement
Big victory in Montana! Judge: -"Plaintiffs have a fundamental constitutional right to a clean and healthful environment, which includes climate as part of the environmental life-support system." Montana violated this right. - Fossil fuel-promoting laws are unconstitutional and may not be implemented - "Montana's GHG 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 Plaintiffs." - "Undisputed testimony established clean renewable energy technically feasible+economically beneficial in Montana" - "Non-fossil fuel-based energy systems across all sectors, including electricity, transport, heating/cooling, and industry, are currently economically feasible & technologically available to employ in Montana" “Today, for the first time in U.S. history, a court ruled on the merits of a case that the government violated the constitutional rights of children through laws and actions that promote fossil fuels, ignore climate change, and disproportionately imperil young people,” said Julia Olson, Chief Legal Counsel and Executive Director with Our Children's Trust’s Decision https://lnkd.in/gWD2Jg4F Summary https://lnkd.in/gR2DzSHP
A great result. It is one thing for keyboard warriors to say clean energy won't work. Let's see them stand in court and argue their points now though.
Please, check my recent post about the joint research paper of the 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬 and the 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐦 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, assessing the impacts of climate #litigation on the value of firms: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/zsuzsanna-tajti-phd-cfa-frm-prm-cia-scr_impacts-of-climate-litigation-on-firm-value-activity-7097094826818449409-AZ7A?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android
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Not in small part due to your forceful engagement, Mark Jacobson Congrats!
Looking forward to reading the decision
Justice prevails! 🌿🌏💨💦☀️🌍🎉🎊👏🏻🌎🌱
WOW! We are starting to see climate justice.
Lets move the chinese to Montana
CONSTITUONAL RIGHTS!! YOURE DAMN RIGHT WOOOOOOOO
Methane Hunter
1yYour rebuttal expert testimony made the difference. I thought I saw a video somewhere but now I can’t find it.