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Activists cheer victory in landmark Dutch climate case
Associated Press ^ | December 20, 2019 | Mike Corder

Posted on 12/20/2019 6:10:41 AM PST by karpov

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — In a ruling hailed as an “immense victory for climate justice,” the Netherlands’ top court ruled Friday in favor of activists who have for years been seeking legal orders to force the Dutch government into cutting greenhouse gas emissions.

Activists in a packed chamber of the Supreme Court in The Hague erupted into applause and cheers as Presiding Judge Kees Streefkerk rejected the government’s appeal against earlier rulings ordering the government to cut emissions by at least 25% by the end of 2020 from benchmark 1990 levels.

The Supreme Court upheld lower courts’ rulings that protection from the potentially devastating effects of climate change was a human right and that the government has a duty to protect its citizens.

Urgenda, the Dutch climate and sustainability organization that filed the original case, hailed the ruling as “a groundbreaking decision that confirms that individual governments must do their fair share to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.”

“I am extremely happy that the highest court in the Netherlands has confirmed that climate change is a real, severe problem and that government should do what they themselves have declared for more than 10 years is necessary, namely between 25% and 40% reduction of CO2,” Urgenda director Marjan Minnesma told The Associated Press outside the court.

Faiza Oulahsen of Greenpeace in the Netherlands called the ruling “an immense victory for climate justice.”

It is now more than four years since a court in The Hague first ordered the emissions cut in a case brought by Urgenda that spawned similar legal challenges in courts around the world.

The Dutch government appealed that verdict, saying that courts shouldn’t be able to order the government to take action. The government lost the appeal in October 2018, but appealed again

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: climatechange; co2; europeanunion; faizaoulahsen; globalwarminghoax; greennewdeal; greenpeace; keesstreefkerk; nato; netherlands; thehague
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When judges usurp power, politicians must defy them, or you end up with a judicial tyranny.
1 posted on 12/20/2019 6:10:41 AM PST by karpov
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>>protection from the potentially devastating effects of climate change was a human right and that the government has a duty to protect its citizens.

protection from the potentially devastating effects of sexually transmitted diseases was a human right and that the government has a duty to protect its citizens.

see how easy that is when the argument is made on that merit?


2 posted on 12/20/2019 6:12:17 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Recall that unqualified Hillary Clinton sat on the board of Wal-Mart when Bill Clinton was governor)
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To: a fool in paradise

Well played.


3 posted on 12/20/2019 6:13:32 AM PST by Tax-chick (Tomado de la mano, yo voy con Cristo a donde El va!)
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To: karpov
Let them freeze in the dark.
 
4 posted on 12/20/2019 6:13:47 AM PST by Governor Dinwiddie (Guide me, O thou great redeemer, pilgrim through this barren land.)
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To: karpov

A black robe is no indication of wisdom or virtue, only of delegated power.


5 posted on 12/20/2019 6:17:55 AM PST by rightwingcrazy (;-,)
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Let them freeze in the dark.

That’s probably exactly what will happen, as their economy goes into a depression. Let the climate change ass hats 🎩 be the first ones required to pitch a tent, and try to stay warm in a sleeping bag.

6 posted on 12/20/2019 6:19:41 AM PST by Mark17 (Father of Air Force Officer in pilot training. Air Force aircraft, go much faster than Army tanks)
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To: karpov

After they ruin their economy and people start leaving in droves, who will supply the emigres with wooden shoes?


7 posted on 12/20/2019 6:25:47 AM PST by Track9 (When the products of liberalism meet you face to face, itÂ’s best to have a loaded weapon.)
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To: a fool in paradise

btt


8 posted on 12/20/2019 6:30:45 AM PST by KSCITYBOY (The media is corrupt)
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To: rightwingcrazy

Black robes start as lawyers.

Nothing about that makes them wise, or fair, or just.


9 posted on 12/20/2019 6:34:36 AM PST by polymuser (It's discouraging to think howk many people are shocked by honesty and so few by deceit. Noel Coward)
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To: Track9

Will the other countries even let white Dutch people in as refugees?


10 posted on 12/20/2019 6:36:07 AM PST by polymuser (It's discouraging to think howk many people are shocked by honesty and so few by deceit. Noel Coward)
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To: karpov

“Immense victory for climate justice”, what a perfect phrase.

It fairly rolls off the tongue.

Climate justice.
Climate justice.
Climate just us.
Climate just us.


11 posted on 12/20/2019 6:36:39 AM PST by IgnaciKat (RIME)
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Dutch farmers and truckers are not amused.

https://apnews.com/1358ac3434ec521587273076bf9fe658


12 posted on 12/20/2019 6:41:32 AM PST by READINABLUESTATE
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To: polymuser
They need more of these:


13 posted on 12/20/2019 6:43:28 AM PST by Jeff Chandler (BLACK LIVES MAGA)
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To: a fool in paradise

btt


14 posted on 12/20/2019 6:43:30 AM PST by KSCITYBOY (The media is corrupt)
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To: karpov

I’ve been there. Not particularly impressed by the Real World acumen of those people.


15 posted on 12/20/2019 6:47:06 AM PST by LouAvul
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

I foresee huge landing fees for commercial air in Amsterdam to raise money to buy carbon credit “ indulgences” for the sin of 21st century modern conveniences


16 posted on 12/20/2019 6:50:06 AM PST by silverleaf (Age Takes a Toll: Please Have Exact Change)
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To: karpov

The goal is easily achieved. Just shut off the power grid for the winter, close all gas stations and industry for 3 months a year, slaughter a fourth of the methane-producing cows that provide the backbone of the Netherlands’ economy — and voila, 25% reduction. If the Dutch people don’t like prehistoric life, well, they can elect a new government, assuming they survive the frozen depression, and can walk to the polls in the dark.


17 posted on 12/20/2019 6:54:22 AM PST by Chewbarkah
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To: a fool in paradise

protection from the potentially devastating effects of Islamic terrorism was a human right and that the government has a duty to protect its citizens.


18 posted on 12/20/2019 6:59:08 AM PST by Jeff Chandler (BLACK LIVES MAGA)
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To: Jeff Chandler

:O


19 posted on 12/20/2019 7:01:25 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Recall that unqualified Hillary Clinton sat on the board of Wal-Mart when Bill Clinton was governor)
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To: karpov

Their government should prevent all vehicles on the road for 2020 and no heat in homes. See how long they rejoice.


20 posted on 12/20/2019 7:08:23 AM PST by pas
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