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Montana “Youth Citizens” Win Landmark Climate Change Case Against State Government

Legal Planet

State of Montana, a Montana trial court ruled that the state Constitution’s guarantee of a healthy and clean environment prevails over Montana’s longstanding fossil-fuel-based state energy system. Critically, the Juliana case relied on federal law. The court’s 103-page decision in Held v. The August 14th Held v.

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How Can We Build Transmission Infrastructure Responsibly?

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The ways in which the IIJA and IRA address the need for new transmission capacity will be the subject of the second panel in our symposium, Transmission Case Study: Remaking our Power Grid for Renewable Energy. As a result, transmission development is a crucial consideration for large-scale renewables planning.