“Everyone should have a place for this case in their heart, every Montanan.”

Badge Busse, a 15-year-old high school student from Kalispell, Mont., and also the plaintiff of a lawsuit against the state that alleges Montana isn’t doing enough to address climate change. The state’s constitution says citizens have a right to “a clean and healthful environment.” Busse and the 15 other young co-plaintiffs say that state leaders need to establish limits on carbon emissions. This is the first youth climate lawsuit to ever make it all the way to trial in the U.S. (MTPR — June 11, 2023)