Dutch Citizens Sue Their Government Over Failure To Act On Climate Change

[MachineGhost]

[quote=http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/0 ... ge-action/]For the first time ever, climate change is being taken to court over human rights.

Public arguments are scheduled to begin Tuesday in the Netherlands, where nearly 900 Dutch citizens have filed a lawsuit against their government for failing to effectively cut greenhouse gas emissions and curb climate change.

Hailed by Dutch press as a “landmark legal case,” it’s the first European example of a group of citizens attempting to hold a government responsible for inefficient climate policies, and the first time that existing human rights laws have been the basis of a case.[/quote]

[Reub]

Wow has this brainwashing ever been effective!

[Pointedstick]

Yeah, because the Dutch government is such a huge contributor...

[Benko]

The 900 citizens decided that was appropriate during their recent meeting at the local hash den :-)

[MachineGhost]

Wow has this brainwashing ever been effective!

Do you deny global warming is occuring or do you deny that humans are causing it or both?

2 degrees my ass.  Think of all the untapped natural resources in North Canada.  It's a new frontier!

[Reub]

We've seen these manipulative scare tactics before. We had global cooling as an issue first. Then changed to global warming to fit the uncooperative facts. Now to climate change to cover all possible scenarios. And you must admit that there's plenty of evidence of fraud and manipulation to fit the agenda. How can we even discuss the minute possibility that the problem is man made when the underlying basis itself is so flimsy?

[Mountaineer]

Wow has this brainwashing ever been effective!

Do you deny global warming is occuring or do you deny that humans are causing it or both?

2 degrees my ass.  Think of all the untapped natural resources in North Canada.  It's a new frontier!

I can hear it now spewing forth on NPR:  "Northwest territory dream home lots for sale; sandy beaches to come later after the first 50,000 units are sold.  Buy now while it's cheap, or invest in a timeshare.  Trade in your snowmobiles for a camel or dune buggy."  Let's all watch the low info folks rush (pun intended) in - should be even more fun than watching the run on "ocean front property in Arizona".

... Mountaineer

[Mountaineer]

Anyone think of any modeling parallels to compare?

http://science.slashdot.org/story/15/06 ... a-outbreak

... Mountaineer