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Five environmental groups have sued Virginia GOP Gov. Glenn Youngkin over his decision to end Virginia's involvement in an interstate greenhouse gas pact. The groups claim that Youngkin's administration does not have the authority to withdraw the state from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, which the state General Assembly and Youngkin's predecessor passed a law requiring Virginia to

This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The deal to raise the US debt ceiling will have significant ramifications for the climate and nature, by fast-tracking a controversial gas pipeline in West Virginia and limiting the scope of environmental reviews for future developments, environmentalists have warned. The

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Whether a constitutional right to a healthy, livable climate is protected by state law is at the center of a lawsuit going to trial Monday in Montana, where 16 young plaintiffs and their attorneys hope to set an important legal precedent. It's the first trial of its kind in the U.S., and legal scholars around the world are following its potential addition to the small

By enlisting plaintiffs ranging in age from 5 to 22, the environmental firm bringing the lawsuit is trying to highlight how young people are harmed by climate change now and will be further affected in the future. Their testimony will detail how wildfire smoke, heat and drought have harmed residents' physical and mental health. Lawyers for Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen, a Republican