You can bet that members of the EU parliament were giddy when lawsuits were filed against the U.S. government by children over ‘climate change’, even though this was originally against Obama. And giddy over the suits against all the fossil fuels companies over the past 6 months. And how some liberal states were going after the fossil fuels companies. Today, though, there’s surely a bunch of stunned faces and “wait, what’s”
‘We can’t see a future’: group takes EU to court over climate change
Lawyers acting for a group including a French lavender farmer and members of the indigenous Sami community in Sweden have launched legal action against the EU’s institutions for failing to adequately protect them against climate change.
A case is being pursued in the Luxembourg-based general court, Europe’s second highest, against the European parliament and the council of the European Union for allowing overly high greenhouse gas emissions to continue until 2030.
The families, including young children, claim their lives have been blighted by the policy decisions in Brussels, and that the EU’s inadequate emissions targets will cause more suffering.
The legal complaint asserts that the EU’s existing climate target to reduce domestic greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40% by 2030, compared with 1990 levels, does not protect their fundamental rights of life, health, occupation and property.
The litigants, from Portugal, Germany, France, Italy, Romania, Kenya, Fiji, and the Swedish Sami Youth Association Sáminuorra, say the EU should define a higher reduction target.
Wait, Fiji and Kenya? When did they join the EU? Oh, and many should worry more about the invasion by 3rd world “refugees” bringing their hardcore Islamic beliefs with them, especially Germany, France, and Sweden.
Climate Action Network (CAN), Europe’s largest NGO working on climate and energy issues, is also supporting the action.
Wendel Trio, CAN’s director in Europe, said: “This is part of a strategy to get the EU institutions to increase their targets. In 2015, as part of the Paris agreement, countries agreed to pursue efforts to limit temperature rise to 1.5°C.
“Yet, it is clear that the existing EU 2030 climate target is not enough to respect the commitments taken in the Paris agreement and should be increased. The EU needs under the agreement to confirm its target by 2020. This legal action initiated by normal families impacted by climate change is underlining the urgency and the necessity to increase it.â€
It’s never enough with these Warmists. They always want more more more. But never say what they’re doing in their own lives to reduce their own use of fossil fuels and go carbon neutral.
