Montana, climate-change pioneer
The state’s politics pit liberals trying to preserve the state constitution against conservatives trying to rewrite it
Editor’s note: On August 14th a Montana state court ruled in favour of the youth plaintiffs. In doing so it struck down a provision in the state’s environmental policy that had barred agencies from considering the effects of greenhouse gases, declaring it unconstitutional.
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United States June 10th 2023
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- The bad bind bedevilling Mike Pence and Chris Christie
- Georgia, the Peach State, has no peach crop this year
- Columbia University ditches the college-ranking system
- Republicans intensify their assault on city governments
- Montana, climate-change pioneer
- Southern Baptists are arguing about the extent of male authority
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