President Trump brandished both the executive pen and fresh hyperbole last week in blessing the coal industry’s decades-old practice of freely dumping tons of debris into streams and mountain hollows in America’s mining communities.
Human security and sustainable development are two of the major tasks of the UN, and all member nations are expected to comply. The solution is to enforce the core values of One World under One Set of Laws and give international law priority to domestic law, with direct effect on the rights and duties of the people. The public should be able to effectively supervise the government and ensure it abides by the UN Charter, the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, and the Paris Climate Agreement. See the Charter for Permanent Peace and Development.
