Enviro-Cultism

The Friends of the Earth have apparently convened their own ad hoc court, where they put those accused "climate criminals" of their own choosing on trial with the intent of punishing them (morally, somehow). Christopher C. Horner has translated the following bulletin from Spanish:

NOTICE TO THE PRESS
Friends of the Earth International
October 14, 2009
First International Court of Justice Climate

Cochabamba, Bolivia, 14 October 2009 – With the aim of identifying and morally punish[ing] those who violate the environment, this 13 and 14, held the First International Audience Climate Justice in Cochabamba, Bolivia, and it is intended that the UN continue that work.

This initiative comes to the search for compromises and solutions world governments have not been able to achieve against Change Climate.

The initiative seeks to influence institutions like the Organization of the UN to step in the formation of courts consider the crimes related to climate change, plus explore options for preserving the environment.

The court has received reports of at least ten people and nations indigenous descent, peasant movements and fishermen, Peru, Colombia, El Salvador, Brazil and Bolivia to be argued in hearings and reviewed by a panel of recognized social and environmental activists, including ecologist Richard Navarro, representing Friends of the Earth International.

“Rich countries must dramatically reduce their OWN greenhouse gas emissions already. That is the first step towards climate justice. Besides climatic and ecological debt must be recognized and paid. False solutions such as agrofuels are [NB: not?] acceptable,” according to Irene CENSAT Velez de Agua Viva (Friends of the Earth Colombia) and co-Coordinate of the Climate Justice Program of Friends of the Earth International.

The First International Climate Justice Court is also the result of an initiative to make Bolivian President Evo Morales, last September in a United Nations conference, in which proposed the establishment of a tribunal against the change climate, as permanent investigative body to governments and companies that pollute the environment.

The government of Evo Morales has shown a strong stance in defense of environment and Mother Earth and their negotiating positions United Nations on climate change have been very constructive, according to Friends of the Earth International.

Setting themselves up as a para-world-government with elitist judicial powers is mere silliness, unless of course, they actually do endeavor to punish someone - in which case they are themselves international criminals. The environmental "laws" that they perceive as being broken don't exist except in their minds as religious dogma. And the deification of "Mother Earth" renders the Friends of the Earth as just another cult, albeit one with dangerous-sounding aspirations, aspirations with lynch mob mentality behind them.