Landmark ‘kids’ climate trial begins: how science will take the stand

US youths are taking the state of Montana to court for supporting the fossil-fuel industry rather than protecting the environment and their health. Climate science will get its day in court this week as lawyers for Rikki Held and 15 other young people argue that the state of Montana’s environmental policies promote fossil fuels, in violation of their right to a ‘clean and healthful environment’. That right is enshrined in the state’s constitution, making the climate case — Held v. Montana — the first of its kind to go to...