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Attorneys for the state argued that the volume of greenhouse gasses released from Montana fossil fuel projects was insignificant compared to global emissions and reducing them would have no effect on the climate.

“Your honor, my client’s actions are so insignificant as compared with the national murder rate that jailing him will have absolutely no detectable effect on anything.”

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an actual rare montana w? huh.

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The state constitution has this in it:

The state and each person shall maintain and improve a clean and healthful environment in Montana for present and future generations.

This makes it possible to use state courts to force some level of environmental protection.

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It’d be nice if our federal constitution said that…

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well definitely never expected that from montana :)

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We need to amend the US Constitution to something similar.

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Good thing corporations are persons - first time I’ve said that

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Believe it or not MT is one of the top 10 states for renewable energy. Something like 50%. Unfortunately the rest is coal.

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Climate change or not, “pollution is fine so long as I am profiting off of it” is the real problem. At least the last administration’s gutting of the EPA was somewhat reversed. Remember we used to have rivers on fire from toxic waste. Regulations fixed that.

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We also used to have acid rain regularly, and we tore a hole in the ozone. It’s never a bad idea to watch the consequences of our actions and impose restrictions on them to keep us all safe and healthy.

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SCotUS: “Hold my beer”.

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My understanding is that they won’t have jurisdiction because it’s about interpretation of the state constitution.

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Excellent news.

We need to add those clauses to the Florida Constitution.

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Every state’s* constitution

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