http://prismwebcastnews.com/2007/03/30/517/ Ecology, Sustainability, Equality, Democracy, Peace Fri, 18 May 2012 04:43:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://prismwebcastnews.com/2007/03/30/517/#comment-786 Jean Harrington Sun, 01 Apr 2007 15:13:55 +0000 http://prismwebcastnews.com/pwn/?p=517#comment-786 I was linked to this site from today's (4/1/07) N.Y.Times article "Poor Nations Bear Brunt..." I think of myself as a citizen of the world, with a responsibility to the peoples of all the world, since I am a privileged citizen of a privileged nation. YET the NY Times article and this are my first introduction to the terrible and devastating irony that my country (US) and other northern countries are the primary causes of global warming and yet it is the poorer southern countries who will--and already are--bearing the brunt of warming's devastation. I am horrified and deeply saddened by the US's total lack of admitting responsibility on this front and its unwillingness to take a lead in whatever is needed to help southern nations meet this current and impending disaster. I was linked to this site from today’s (4/1/07) N.Y.Times article “Poor Nations Bear Brunt…” I think of myself as a citizen of the world, with a responsibility to the peoples of all the world, since I am a privileged citizen of a privileged nation. YET the NY Times article and this are my first introduction to the terrible and devastating irony that my country (US) and other northern countries are the primary causes of global warming and yet it is the poorer southern countries who will–and already are–bearing the brunt of warming’s devastation. I am horrified and deeply saddened by the US’s total lack of admitting responsibility on this front and its unwillingness to take a lead in whatever is needed to help southern nations meet this current and impending disaster.

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