Washington to be sued over global warming

[DoYouEverWonder]

26 August 2005

In a landmark judgment, a court in California has allowed a coalition of environmental groups to sue the US government over global warming - the first time a court has recognised the potentially disastrous impact of climate change.

A judge in San Francisco gave permission for the two groups, along with four US cities, to sue two federal development agencies that provide billions of dollars in loans to fund projects overseas. Some of the projects are power plants that emit greenhouse gases while others include pipeline projects that allow the transfer of oil.

"This is the first time a US court has given a plaintiff the right to go to court solely on the global warming issue," Geoff Hand, a Vermont-based lawyer in the case, told The Independent. "It's a great advance."

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article308256.ece

[Barad Simith]

1. Well bite my ass

I wonder if the flip-flopper will now say there's no such thing as global warming ... after saying it's a problem ... after saying it doesn't exist ... after promising (pre-election 2000) to do something about it.

:shrug:

[Ian David]

4. They're still "studying the problem." And his homework is late, too.

Of course, it didn't take him very long to "study the problem" of Social Security, did it?

[no_hypocrisy]

2. Bring it on!

[Ian David]

3. Considering they've doomed the human species, isn't that Genocide? n/t

[Demeter]

5. Very Interesting

Of all the things one could sue the government over, global warming is not in my top ten, but hey, anything that works, right?

[Judi Lynn]

6. Global warming lawsuit against US gets green light

Global warming lawsuit against US gets green light
Thu Aug 25, 9:49 PM ET



SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - In a landmark ruling, a US judge endorsed a lawsuit charging two federal agencies with wrongly funding international oil and gas projects that promote global warming, court documents showed.

Export-Import Bank and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation have supported fossil fuel projects worldwide without considering the potential harm to the planet, according to the complaint.

The suit asks the court to compel OPIC and Ex-Im, whose directors are appointed by US President George Bush, to comply with environmental regulations and shift funding to alternative energy sources and conservation programs.

"This lawsuit is part of a broader effort to realign economic and industrial activity with ecological constraints," Mayor Jerry Brown of the California city of Oakland told AFP on Thursday.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050826/ts_alt_afp/usclimatejustice_050826014936

[rodeodance]

7. whow--good news