The Montana Supreme Court upheld a district judge’s 2023 ruling that the state violated young people’s right to a clean and healthy environment.
A group of 16 youths filed suit to push the state to drop a provision in the Montana Environmental Policy Act that barred officials from considering greenhouse gas emissions and the consequences of climate change when permitting new energy projects.
The northern giant hornet, the invasive insect formerly known as the “murder hornet,” has officially been eradicated from the US, according to the Washington State Department of Agriculture and US Department of Agriculture. After first sparking fears in Washington in 2019, the hornet hasn’t been spotted in three years.
[The New York Times]
The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) published its top 10 priorities for the incoming Trump administration and managed to omit any reference to climate change, Reuters reports. President-elect Donald Trump has called climate change a scam.
Instead, SEIA is focusing on “American energy dominance,” ending “dependence on China,” and even supplying electricity for crypto mining and AI data centers.
Carrboro, NC is suing for damages it expects to incur as climate change leads to more extreme weather. It alleges that Duke Energy has delayed a transition from the fossil fuels to renewable energy as part of a “campaign of deception.”
Hurricane Helene — supercharged by greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels — tore a path of destruction through North Carolina earlier this year.
[The New York Times]
