Friday, April 27, 2007

World to US: We Demand ‘Climate Justice’

World to US: We Demand ‘Climate Justice’ - www.commondreams.org:archive:2007:04:18:592:


World to US: We Demand ‘Climate Justice’
by Jeffrey Allen
WASHINGTON - Dubbing the battle against climate change a moral test for the United States, global anti-poverty and religious leaders called on U.S. politicians Monday to take drastic and immediate action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in order to minimize the country’s contributions to global warming.The activists, academics, and international charities echoed the charges leveled in a recent major scientific report that the hazardous consequences of a changing global climate will take a particularly powerful toll on people living in the world’s poorest countries.