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limpyhobbler

(8,244 posts) Thu Dec 6, 2012, 05:05 PM Dec 2012

Fmr Irish President Mary Robinson: Climate Change the Biggest Human Rights Issue of Our Time

http://democracynow.org

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Fmr Irish President Mary Robinson: Climate Change the Biggest Human Rights Issue of Our Time (Original Post) limpyhobbler Dec 2012 OP

She's right, and this is an excellent interview. nt. polly7 Dec 2012 #1

Climate change includes: gender balance, and equality means fairness to access clean midnight Dec 2012 #2

AGREED, THERE ARE NO HUMAN RIGHTS IF WE'RE ALL DEAD, BUT drynberg Dec 2012 #3

polly7

(20,582 posts)

1. She's right, and this is an excellent interview. nt.

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Thu Dec 6, 2012, 05:42 PM

Dec 2012

midnight

(26,624 posts)

2. Climate change includes: gender balance, and equality means fairness to access clean

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Thu Dec 6, 2012, 05:54 PM

Dec 2012

energy. I like the way this women thinks....

drynberg

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3. AGREED, THERE ARE NO HUMAN RIGHTS IF WE'RE ALL DEAD, BUT

Reply to limpyhobbler (Original post)

Thu Dec 6, 2012, 06:49 PM

Dec 2012

Mary Robinson keeps asking why we aren't approaching this true crisis more urgently...Gee, Mary, I'd have to say that there are a lot of Fat Cats in Big Coal & Big Oil & Big Nat. Gas that are not in the least sincere about somehow not burning their stocks of fuels that greatly increase greenhouse gases and therefore HEAT OUR PLANET. McKibben and 350.org say we have to divest all stock holdings from all individuals, organizations and groups, like was done with aparteid in South Africa. Yes, that helped, but it takes years and years...and the Urgent Need is NOW.

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