Mark Stermitz

The country’s first constitutional climate trial, taking place in Helena, has reached its halfway point. Youth plaintiffs in Held v. Montana are suing the state over its energy policies, claiming they violate the kids’ state constitutional right to a clean and healthful environment by worsening global warming.

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — The CEO of a Canadian firm seeking to buy the water company that serves the city of Missoula leaked what was supposed to be a…