Do U.S. Emissions Violate Human Rights?
Northern Canadian Residents Tell Panel That Carbon Emissions Destroy Health And Property
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Ice is melting along the Arctic shelf, and an activist Inuit group is petitioning the United States, saying: "states that do not recognize these impacts and take action violate our human rights." (AP)
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One activist said temperatures have climbed so much that Arctic residents need air conditioners.
The case was pressed by the Inuit community before the 34-nation Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. In a petition, the group asked the commission's assistance "in obtaining relief" from the impact of global warming, and makes specific reference to the United States as the country most responsible for the phenomenon.
However, the commission lacks the legal authority to compel the United States to take action.
Sheila Watt-Cloutier, an Inuit activist, said the well-being of her people is under threat — and that the need for air conditioning is just one example of the spread of global warming.
Climate change, she said is "destroying our right to life, health property and means of subsistence," she said. "States that do not recognize these impacts and take action violate our human rights."
She said ice formations are much more likely to detach from land and take unsuspecting hunters out to sea, where they face an uncertain fate.
Beyond that, she said hunters can no longer be sure of ice thickness and whether it is safe to travel.
"Many hunters have been killed or seriously injured after falling through ice that was traditionally known to be safe," she said.
The United States did not respond to the Inuit claims before the commission, an arm of the Organization of American States. The Bush administration has said it is taking steps to reduce global warming, but domestic and international critics say it is not doing enough, given that the United States is the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases.
Scientists generally agree the Arctic is the first place on Earth to be affected by rising global temperatures. They say that unless developed nations such as the United States — responsible for one-fourth of world's greenhouse gases — do not dramatically reduce their emissions within the next 15 years, the Arctic ice likely will melt by the end of the century.
The Inuit population hails from Canada, Russia and Greenland, as well as Alaska, where they are known as Eskimos. They have been trying to tell the world for more than a decade about the shifting winds and thinning ice that have damaged the hunting grounds the Northern peoples have used for thousands of years.
Watt-Cloutier was nominated with former Vice President Al Gore for a Nobel Peace Prize for their work on climate change.
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But clearly, all countries should be responsible for damages caused by their actions. And that includes the emission of greenhouse gases.
Yes, China must also be held to account.
America thinks cutting back on emissions is bad for the economy. Maybe, but it will be a short term thing. What effect will lack of food, fresh water, and fuel do to the economy? I suppose as long as we stay in the black...
they are the most responsible for hurricanes and the ecological disasters in the world and is growing very fast and killing a lot of species and people. The american life style with material cars is no positive in short words . the materialistic empire of the United States and Europe are killing the earth very fast.
Some Inuit in Alaska have already had to move their villages because of thawing soils.
Posted by US_Infidel at 04:01 PM : Mar 01, 2007
Okay, China is guilty too. WHAT is you're point? You fascist think all you have to do to relieve any responsibility is focus insults and blame on others? LOL WE are not responsible for China but we DO HAVE control over the US. What do you think China will say when you go knocking on their door when we have taken NO action?
The end result is that it kills people.
Regardless whether "global warming" is caused by human activity or otherwise, there is no question that industrial pollution is caused by humans. And, until recently, the vast majority of industrial pollution was caused by the US and Europe.
Global industrial corporations, including those who finance them, are equivalent to war criminals. They have murdered hundreds of millions of people. And, have yet to be brought to account for their crimes.
It's all right in the bible, we're living through right now what is known as the end times, the beginning and the end. This is the end of the age of Pisces, and the beginning of the age of Aquarius which begun in in the year 2000 I believe. The bible says:
Revelation 21:6 (King James Version)
6And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
Well if you go look up a picture of Aquarius, he's shown as a man with a jug of water, the water of life, the mayans calendar shows the end as Dec. 24th 2012, those ice caps will be gone by then.
Don't rice fields produce tons of methane? Any stats for chinas methane production.
Do you really believe all that stuff in your post?
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bildooreilly:
Do you really believe all that stuff in your post?
Posted by triassic at 06:53 PM : Mar 01, 2007
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You didn't answer the question. Do YOU believe it?
Choices like what to drive, how much and how far we go to recycle, etc.
Large SUVs are NEVER needed in the low lands/valleys where there is little or no snow during the winter.
There should be gas guzzler taxes on SUVs that get less than 18 mpg (in the city) as there is on standard cars. Sure it's your choice to drive what you want, but if you're going to be irresponsible about it, then you need to pay for your irresponsibility!
(That's for starters)
"Many hunters have been killed or seriously injured after falling through ice that was traditionally known to be safe," she said. "
GOOD, I don't care- payback! maybe it will stop the inhumane practices of seal clubbing and the wholescale slaughter of animals for furs and other luxuries. Time to adapt, put up and then shut up because the US is only a part of it, China and others are growing hugely and the US won't be extorted by some extremists wanting cash out of us.
And here it is. Since Algore claimed Global Warming is a "Moral Issue" we're going to see more and more calls for the punishment of people (preferrably Americans) for living their lives.
Maybe you can explain why it is NOT a moral issue?
But I'll go with it for a minute:
If Algore REALLY believes it's a 'moral issue' then he wouldn't live like he lives in an energy-hog mansion consuming 10 times the typical American homeowner does.
If this is a 'moral issue' then Algore is incredibly immoral for his hypocrisy.
And don't give me the partyline garbage about how he 'offsets' his 'carbon footprint' elsewhere while he tells us peasants to reduce our consumption.
If it's a 'moral' issue, then tell me:
How is what Algore does in his personal life any different from the pastor in Colorado Springs who preached against homosexuality while at the same time having a secret gay affair?
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For goodness sake, forget about the politics and the politicians.
The world is in trouble, and all some fools can do is debate whether Al Gore uses to much energy or not.
We all use to much energy.
To many listen to the energy company paid so called scientists, check out their credentials, the majority are failed scientists, who can only get an income by being the agents of propaganda for the vested interests.
Open your eyes, look at what is happening around the world.
The problem is that you cannot rationalize with the environmental radicals because every issue is hysteria, in which no contrarian debates are allowed; obviously, the science is %u201Csettled%u201D. When this type of approach is taken, no rationale solutions can be derived. The left is not interested in the environment, only in stifling debate. The conclusions of the IPCC are far, far from being settled, but every spineless salivating politician is now seeing dollar signs from all the potential taxes they feel they are now morally obligated to collect, in the name of the environment. There is a distinction between environmental issues and Global warming. But you would be hard-pressed to identify that nuance among the press, or the many governments and institutions all jumping on the GW bandwagon. It would be naive to believe that altruism is the only motivating factor for theses parties, i.e. international governments whose only interest is in Uncle Sam dispensing out checks, every time an American turns on the lights, or the willingness of many scientists to compromise their scientific integrity, by issuing hyperbolic statements about the peril of the planet that they know to be BS and borderline absurd.
Kate Ravilious
for National Geographic News
February 28, 2007
Simultaneous warming on Earth and Mars suggests that our planet's recent climate changes have a natural%u2014and not a human- induced%u2014cause, according to one scientist's controversial theory.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/02/070228-mars-warming.html
All you 'man-made global warming' ALgore robots better wake up!
The Inuits and all "native Americans" must answer for THEIR crimes against humanity. Amongst other things, when their ancesters violently invaded the continent they utterly destroyed the megafauna that peacefully resided here in eco-balance with the environment for tens of millions of years.
Have you seen any mammoths or saber tooth cats recently? No, of course not and it was the brutal and unreasoning hatred of these murderous people that caused this irreplaceable loss that was part of the natural design and bio-legacy of this planet.
I see no valid "statute of limitations" on these crimes and consider the current native American populations as answerable for this unspeakable slaughter and species genocide that has forever impoverished our diverse biosphere. Even today the Inuits freely admit to their ongoing program of mass extinction and nobody stops them or cares.
I am deeply offended by the Inuit's cultural insensitivity to this crime against us all. I also do not think that the cynical purchase of "carbon offsets" by the Inuits will make up for their crimes.
Also, the illegal invading Inuits and other "native Asians" unwillingness to create "greenhouse gases" led to the global cooling that allowed the invasion across the Bering Straight ice bridge to begin with.
The only answer is to haul the Inuits and all native Americans before the world court and made to pay for all of this.
Canadian Leader Says Bush Responsible for Coming Intergalactic War
http://www.theconservativevoice.com/articles/article.html?id=10253
UFO%u2019s are real and Bush is trying to start a galactic war
http://www.qando.net/details.aspx?Entry=2990
Former Canadian Minister Of Defence Asks Canadian Parliament To Hold Hearings On Relations With Alien "Et" Civilizations
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/11/prweb314382.htm
he%u2019s backkkkkkkkkkkk lol
UFO science key to halting climate change: former Canadian defense minister
OTTAWA (AFP) - A former Canadian defense minister is demanding governments worldwide disclose and use secret alien technologies obtained in alleged UFO crashes to stem climate change, a local paper said Wednesday.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070228/wl_canada_afp/canadaenvironmentkyoto_070228180440
IF so then its a little Fcuked up to blame us when thier just as guilty.
IF so then its a little Fcuked up to blame us when thier just as guilty.
Posted by cbscrash07
-Crash you don't live in New-Orleans, LA, do you?
such an ******!
I do believe the US (and every other country) should take steps to clean up its act. Even if global warming has nothing to do with human activity, renewable energy and an end to oil dependency is a goal worth pursuing vigorously.
I guess I violate human rights every time I break wind!! And that's often.
These writers are insane.
OlGreyGhost is right on.
The Global Warming Hysteria is about Power and Control over people.
Then Algore goes and says it's a 'moral issue' implying that if you dissagree with him you are immoral. While at the same time Algore's mansion and other homes he owns use multiple times the global warming energy the typical American uses.
But he's part of the Liberal Elite, so he and his kind are excused from the restrictions, laws and taxes he would impose on us.
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islam practices slavery on non muslims
islam practices apartheid on non muslims
islam practices rape on non muslims
islam practices rape on babies and animals
islam practices genocide on non muslims
all are violations of international law and are crimes against humanity
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/02/22/world/main2505445.shtml
Imam Khomeini - Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution
http://www.homa.org/Details.asp?ContentID=2137352826&TOCID=2083225445
Malaysia women 'suffer apartheid'
The daughter of Malaysia's former prime minister has launched a scathing attack on the roles and status of Muslim women in the country.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4784784.stm
A matter of tolerance
http://musingwithmarinamahathir.blogspot.com/2006/12/matter-of-tolerance.html
Marina Mahathir
http://musingwithmarinamahathir.blogspot.com/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057840/quotes
If you want Change, keep it in your pocket. Your dollar represents the resources we are stealing from our children.
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by atwabn
March 3, 2007 9:41 AM PST
- The day we all agree that global warming is being caused by man is the day that science, and the scientific method dies. I am suprised that the animal rights people are not on here going nuts. The hunters fell through the ice? Hunters? What were they hunting? Baby seals? Maybe "global warming" insert sarcasm is a good thing. Now maybe the Eskimos can grow soy so they can stop butchering the innocent little baby seals. One word summarizes this article....ridiculous.
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