Young People in Historic Climate Trial Rest Their Case
CLIMATEWIRE | HELENA, Mont. — Young people suing Montana for embracing fossil fuels will wrap up their case Friday, closing out a week of bashing officials for ignoring climate effects they say are warming the state's famed fishing rivers, melting its iconic glaciers and harming its youngest residents.
The state — which has argued during cross-examination over the last four days that Montana’s greenhouse gas emissions are declining and are too small to make much of a dent in global warming — will present its case next…