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Youth-led climate change lawsuit challenging Montana's pro-fossil fuel policies heads to trial

The environmental group Our Children's Trust wants to use the trial to highlight the dangers of fossil fuels. (AP: Matthew Brown, File)

A US judge says a climate change lawsuit from young people challenging Montana's pro-fossil fuel policies will proceed to trial despite efforts by the state to derail the case.

The upcoming trial in Helena, Montana would be the first of its kind in the United States, according to experts in climate law who said the nation is lagging behind the rest of the world in terms of climate litigation.

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