Carter Ledyard: Landmark Climate Change Ruling in Montana Sets Precedent for New York's Environmental Rights Amendment
August 16, 2023
August 16, 2023
NEW YORK, Aug. 16 -- Carter Ledyard and Milburn LLP, a legal firm, issued the following agency statement on Aug. 15, 2023:
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A trial court in Montana has issued a landmark ruling in a climate change case that could have significant ramifications for New Yorkers because of voters' 2022 amendment to the NYS constitution to include a new environmental rights amendment. In Held v. State of Montana , the court issued a 100-page ruling that documents the irrefutable scien . . .
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A trial court in Montana has issued a landmark ruling in a climate change case that could have significant ramifications for New Yorkers because of voters' 2022 amendment to the NYS constitution to include a new environmental rights amendment. In Held v. State of Montana , the court issued a 100-page ruling that documents the irrefutable scien . . .