Tuesday, September 24, 2013

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Russians Charge All Greenpeace Activists On Arctic Sunrise With Piracy | Tory Aardvark
Greenpeace and their international lawyers can demand all they want, what they eventually get, if anything, will be that which the Russians have decided Greenpeace can have, nothing more and nothing less.

This is not Western Europe or the United States where the justice system works in the way Greenpeace is used to, if and when this goes to trial, it will be a show trial with the verdict already known before the trial starts.

The objective of all this is to send a loud and very clear message to the Greens, warmists and those that would dare to interfere with Gazprom’s operations in the Arctic.
A Climate Change Showdown as Global Officials Meet - NYTimes.com
some groups are skeptical about whether the airlines are really prepared to offer effective climate protection
Environmentalists take hard line with Obama on Keystone XL
Chief executives of mainstream environmental organizations, including the Natural Resources Defense Council and League of Conservation Voters, along with more left-leaning groups, such as 350.org, MoveOn.org and Greenpeace USA, signed the missive.

1 comment:

Sean said...

"some groups are skeptical about whether the airlines are really prepared to offer effective climate protection" When I read that line the image tat popped into my mind was a guy named Guido demanding that a portion of the revenue from a neighborhood business so it doesn't suffer any unfortunate accidents. The only problem it's the airlines paying protection to governments.