International Herald Tribune, Wed, 15 Dec 2004 7:43 AM PST
To Eskimos, warming is a rights issue
http://www.iht.com/articles/2004/12/15/news/climate.html
The Eskimos, or Inuit, about 155,000 seal-hunting peoples scattered
around the Arctic, plan to seek a ruling from the Inter-American
Commission on Human Rights that the United States, by contributing
substantially to global warming, is threatening their existence.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/15/international/americas/15climate.html?ex=1103778000&en=d761794d53ac8420&ei=5006&partner=ALTAVISTA1
Eskimos Seek to Recast Global Warming as a Rights Issue
New York Times Tue, 14 Dec 2004 5:44 PM PST
The Eskimos plan a legal effort to cast global warming as a human
rights violation.
http://society.guardian.co.uk/environment/story/0,14124,1373541,00.html
Damage litigation
Guardian Unlimited Tue, 14 Dec 2004 6:13 PM PST
We know that human behaviour is leading to global warming, but what
if the companies responsible for changes to the weather in specific
areas could be identified?
http://www.smh.com.au/news/Environment/Inuit-take-on-US-over-threat-of-warming/2004/12/15/1102787150148.html
Inuit take on US over threat of warming
Sydney Morning Herald (subscription) - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
... Sheila Watt-Cloutier, the elected chairwoman of the Inuit
Circumpolar Conference, the quasi-governmental group recognised by
the United Nations as representing ...
The New Zealand Herald, Wed, 15 Dec 2004 4:15 PM PST
Arctic peoples demand the right to exist
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=9003525
Their ancient way of life is in unprecedented peril. Their very land
is melting beneath their feet. Even the endless night of the Arctic
winter, which should be one of nature's most immutable constants, may
be changing.
Independent, Wed, 15 Dec 2004 4:32 PM PST
A nation demands the right to exist
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=593660
The Inuit peoples of the Arctic have launched a dramatic legal action
against America. The charge? Their ancient way of life is in
unprecedented peril. Their very land is melting beneath their feet.
U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News, Wed, 15 Dec 2004 3:50 PM PST
Inuit Leader Sheila Watt-Cloutier Announces Intention to File Human
Right Claim Against U.S. for its Dangerous
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/usnw/20041216/pl_usnw/inuit_leader_sheila_watt_cloutier_announces_intention_to_file_human_right_claim_against_u_s__for_its_dangerous_greenhouse_gas_e
Sheila Watt-Cloutier, elected chair of the Inuit Circumpolar
Conference (ICC), announced tonight that the ICC will soon petition
the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, seeking a declaration
that emissions of greenhouse gases that are destroying the Inuit way
of life are a violation of human rights.
