This is only the second time the climate cultists have won a case against government. Have they considered that forcing government to Do Something will cause their own cost of living to skyrocket and limit their freedom and choice?
IRISH CITIZENS WIN CLIMATE CHANGE LAWSUIT AGAINST GOVERNMENT
A group of Irish citizens has won a climate change lawsuit against the country’s government.
The legal action—known as Climate Case Ireland—was launched by Friends of the Irish Environment (FIE). The environmental advocacy group took the Irish government to the Supreme Court. It alleged Ireland failed to take “adequate action†on climate change.
According to a statement by FIE, the group’s goal was to hold the government “accountable for its role in knowingly contributing to dangerous levels of climate change.â€
“There is a need to move early to achieve sharp reductions if climate change is to be averted,â€Â Eoin McCullough, Senior Counsel, Friends of the Irish Environment, said during the hearing.
“Ireland has persistently failed to meet any target that has been set for it to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. And the National Mitigation Plan fails to provide for reductions in emissions†McCullough added.
The case is the first of its kind in Ireland. It’s also only the second case in the world in which a government has been held accountable by a national court of law.
So, what happens now? Well, Ireland will have to change its already tough national climate policy
FIE argued that the plan wouldn’t reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the short term. Ireland’s Climate Change Advisory Council also revealed the country would not be able to meet its 2020 and 2030 emissions reduction targets.
“Without urgent action that leads to tangible and substantial reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, Ireland is unlikely to deliver on national, EU, and international obligations. [It] will drift further from […] transition[ing] to a low carbon economy and society,†said McCullough
Here’s what would happen in a sane world: the government would ask everyone if they agree that anthropogenic climate change is a threat, and if they agree with the terms of the lawsuit. Everyone who answers in the affirmative will be slapped with all sorts of taxes and restrictions on their lives. Let them live the life, make them life the life, of the policies they agitate for. If they own a business, the climate cult policies will be extended to that business.
Of course, what will really happen is that the government will rewrite the national climate plan and then do very little about it.
