HELENA, MONTANA - JUNE 12: Lead claimant Rikki Held, 22, confers with members of Our Children's Trust legal team before the start of the nation's first youth climate change trial at Montana's First Judicial District Court on June 12, 2023 in Helena, Montana. Sixteen claimants, ranging in age from 6 to 22, are suing the state for promoting fossil fuel energy policies that they say violate their constitutional right to a "clean and healthful environment". (Photo by William Campbell/Getty Images)
HELENA, MONTANA - JUNE 12: Our Children's Trust legal team at the nation's first youth climate change trial at Montana's First Judicial District Court on June 12, 2023 in Helena, Montana. (L-R) Barbara Chilcoot, Nat Bellinger, Phil Gregory, Roger Sullivan. Sixteen claimants, ranging in age from 6 to 22, are suing the state for promoting fossil fuel energy policies that they say violate their constitutional right to a "clean and healthful environment". (Photo by William Campbell/Getty Images)
HELENA, MONTANA - JUNE 12: Supporters gather to greet plaintiffs as they arrive for the nation's first youth climate change trial at Montana's First Judicial District Court on June 12, 2023 in Helena, Montana. Sixteen plaintiffs, ranging in age from 6 to 22, are suing the state for promoting fossil fuel energy policies that they say violate their constitutional right to a "clean and healthful environment". (Photo by William Campbell/Getty Images)
HELENA, MONTANA - JUNE 12: Youth plaintiffs are greeted by supporters as they arrive for the nation's first youth climate change trial at Montana's First Judicial District Court on June 12, 2023 in Helena, Montana. Sixteen plaintiffs, ranging in age from 6 to 22, are suing the state for promoting fossil fuel energy policies that they say violate their constitutional right to a "clean and healthful environment". (Photo by William Campbell/Getty Images)
HELENA, MONTANA - JUNE 12: Youth plaintiffs await the start of the nation's first youth climate change trial at Montana's First Judicial District Court on June 12, 2023 in Helena, Montana. Sixteen claimants, ranging in age from 6 to 22, are suing the state for promoting fossil fuel energy policies that they say violate their constitutional right to a "clean and healthful environment". (Photo by William Campbell/Getty Images)
