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Dutch Govn't Facing Legal Action Over Failure to Curb Carbon Emissions
2015-04-15 14:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The first public hearings will take place in the Hague on Tuesday in the first case in the world to use existing human rights and tort law to hold a government responsible for failing to reduce carbon emissions fast enough. The 886 citizens involved in the class action against the Dutch government aim to force it to take more robust action to reduce emissions. They also hope to offer a legal solution to the political impasse on international climate change action. They will ask the judiciary...
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