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Welcome to the age of the eco-martyr. God help us | Catherine Bennett
Nothing will harm climate change campaigners as much as a judge decreeing that the green movement is a faith Following Mr Justice Burton 's ruling that green beliefs should enjoy the same protection as religious ones, many committed recyclers will have been wondering how green you have to be ...
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Welcome to the age of the eco-martyr. God help us
Ramsay Home — ... found the following on 2009-11-08 00:07:24: guardian.co.uk wrote... Welcome to the age of the eco-martyr. God help usguardian.co.ukWriting about his court victory, St Tim said: "I hope that in practice it will encourage people who share my beliefs to speak up about climate change in ...Blog this on:TIMEall 5 news articles Read the original article at, http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/nov/08/catherine-bennett-environment-climate-change Follow more real-time stories about climate-change at ...

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