From the BBC Today:
People living in the Arctic have filed a legal petition against the US government, saying its climate change policies violate human rights.
About time. Good for the Inuit, I say. I hope they win! Something has to be done. I don't see how this great nation of ours can pick and choose which global policies it will adhere to and which it won't. Whatever happened to lead by example? Whatever happened to doing the right and responsible thing even if it costs more?
Sadly, I hold out little hope that this will change anything (assuming that somehow they win). But I do hope that it starts a trend of global communities holding the US responsible for our irresponsible actions. I hope some day the number of grievences will be so large that things will finally change. That the adminsistration won't be able to say "la-la-la I can't hear you" and put its proverbial finger in its proverbial ear and look the other way.
I just wish things didn't have to get worse before they get better.
