“Do you think I really want to be on a stand saying, like, ‘I don’t have a future,’” said Mesina DiGrazia-Roberts, 16, another of the plaintiffs in the Hawaii case, who lives on Oahu. “As a 16-year-old who just wants to live my life and hang out with my friends and eat good food, I don’t want to be doing that. The state filed two motions to dismiss the case, but this month a judge set a trial date for next year. A nonprofit legal organization called Our Children’s Trust is behind the Montana and Hawaii cases, as well as active litigation in three other states. But in June, a different judge ruled the case could once again proceed toward trial.

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Persons: ’ ”, Mesina DiGrazia, Roberts, ”, Juliana v Organizations: state’s Department of Transportation Locations: Hawaii, Oahu, “, Montana, United States