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A Novel Dutch Lawsuit Demands Govt. Cut Carbon Emissions
2015-05-04 09:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: A lawsuit in the Netherlands is taking an unusual approach to climate change. So unusual, in fact, that experts around the world are watching it closely, wondering whether it might spark a major shift in environmentalists' efforts to limit carbon emissions. If that happens, it won't be the first time that Marjam Minnesma has turned the status quo on its head. She's founder and director of a Dutch environmental organization called Urgenda, an abbreviation for "urgent agenda." "Sometimes you have...
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