Alice Julin

Last year, Montana's Supreme Court ruled that the plaintiffs have a fundamental constitutional right to a clean and healthful environment. The court ordered the state to consider climate impacts when approving fossil fuel projects and keep track of their greenhouse gas emissions. The new laws appear to thread the needle of the decision.

Last year, Montana's Supreme Court ruled that the plaintiffs have a fundamental constitutional right to a clean and healthful environment. The court ordered the state to consider climate impacts when approving fossil fuel projects and keep track of their greenhouse gas emissions. The new laws appear to thread the needle of the decision.

Montana will now inventory emissions, but it won't regulate them. Olivia Vesevich is one of the plaintiffs.

Montana will now inventory emissions, but it won't regulate them. Olivia Vesevich is one of the plaintiffs.

Vesevic says the longer the state delays considering climate impacts, the worse the future will look for young people like her. For NPR News, I'm Ellis Ju Lin in Missoula.

Vesevic says the longer the state delays considering climate impacts, the worse the future will look for young people like her. For NPR News, I'm Ellis Ju Lin in Missoula.