Boulder does serve one good purpose, which is keeping numerous loonies out of *my* state. We have far too many as it is. Hint: land of fruits and nuts.
By the way, FR headlines don't recognize HTML tags.
The libs and environs are actually fighting to keep the poor of the world living in their mud huts. Disgusting. Sickening. But typical.
Here's the related story from CNS news
Boulder, Colo. Sues Federal Agencies Over Global Warming
By Marc Morano
CNSNews.com Senior Staff Writer
August 22, 2002
(CNSNews.com) - The Boulder, Colo. City Council will join environmental activists in taking legal action against the federal government to try to control greenhouse gas emissions which environmentalists say is the cause of "global warming."
Boulder City Council members voted Tuesday to join with
Greenpeace U.S.A. and Friends of the Earth, in a planned lawsuit that could end up costing local taxpayers $7,000.
The lawsuit would attempt to force the federal Overseas Private Investment Corporation and the Export Import Bank to require U.S. taxpayer supported energy projects in other countries to detail their projected greenhouse gas emissions and their impact on climate change.
The Vermont law firm of Shems, Dunkiel & Kassel will file the suit on behalf of the City of Boulder, Greenpeace and FOE and plans to cite standards under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) as the legal basis for the impact studies. NEPA requires all major federal projects to conduct an environmental impact study before commencing.
Boulder City Attorney Joe de Raismes told the Daily Camera newspaper that the city is trying to raise awareness about how the federal government's funding of U.S. corporations overseas is contributing to the buildup of greenhouse gas emissions, which he believes, is causing global warming.
"It is a test litigation," de Raismes said.
However, Ron Arnold, vice president of the Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise, suspects the planned legal action is a "publicity stunt" and would amount to "a frivolous lawsuit."
"The city council is stabbing in the dark," Arnold told CNSNews.com.
Arnold said unless the lawsuit shows legal merit, someone could conceivably counter-sue on the grounds that the city and the environmental groups are acting "for mere harassing purposes."
But Mark Helm, a spokesman for Friends of the Earth, said the vote by the Boulder City Council was a direct message to President George Bush regarding government policy on climate change.
"The City of Boulder made it very clear [Tuesday] night that across the political spectrum, individual citizens, city governments and states are going to move forward when it comes to addressing the problem of global climate change, despite the resistance of the Bush administration," Helm told CNSNews.com.
"It was a unanimous bipartisan vote by the Boulder City Council to join in on a lawsuit if one happens," Helm added.
But Arnold sees no reason why the Boulder City Council would get involved in the lawsuit.
"If the city council used the same logic to repair their pot holes in the street, I pity the drivers in Boulder," Arnold said.