The Dutch way of being: " It’s illegal to knowingly ignore the dangers of global warming.

Now think of our Republicans way of being /thinking-->




http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/06/24/3673402/dutch-court-rules-country-must-act-on-global-warming/

A Dutch Court Just Did The Unthinkable On Carbon Emissions

by Samantha Page Posted on June 24, 2015 at 11:08 am



It’s illegal to knowingly ignore the dangers of global warming.

That was essentially the ruling Wednesday from a Dutch court, which ordered the government to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent compared to 1990 levels by 2020 in order to preserve the low-lying Netherlands and protect its people from the dangers of global warming.

The Hague District Court agreed with the more than 900 plaintiffs, organized by the sustainability advocacy group Urgenda, that the Dutch government has taken “insufficient action against climate change.” The plaintiffs had asked the court to prompt the Dutch government to lower emissions 25 to 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2020, so the court’s decision comes down on the low end of that request.

Environmental advocates lauded the decision, saying that more rulings could be expected in other countries.

“The Dutch court ruling is clear: the government has a legal duty to protect its people against the threat of climate change,” Faiza Oulahsen of Greenpeace Netherlands said in a statement provided to ThinkProgress. “Litigation against governments who fail to take climate change seriously will spread around the world.” ............



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