In the very early days of my conservative activism, one of my favorite memes was a picture of the United Nations paired with the famous quote from Star Wars: “You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.”
The corrupt and pathetic organization continues to live down to my lowest assessment.
Legal Insurrection readers are aware that President Donald Trump’s “America First” agenda has rolled back many of the economy-crushing requirements of Biden’s de facto “Green New Deal” — that was dressed-up as the Inflation Reduction Act. On the first day of his second term, Trump revoked a slew of Biden-era executive orders, directed agencies to fast-track fossil fuel permitting, and removed the U.S. from the Paris Climate Accord.
The results have been positive — at least for us. As of July 16, 2025, the average U.S. gas price had dropped to $3.16 per gallon, down 10.1% from $3.52 a year earlier. Internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicle production is expanding, and whale-killing offshore windfarms are on their way out.
As lucrative green graft opportunities have dried up under the shifting political climate of the Trump era, the United Nation’s highest court issued a strongly worded letter warning member states to remain vigilant about the so-called “climate crisis.”
The International Court of Justice issued a strongly worded opinion on Wednesday saying that states must protect people from the “urgent and existential threat” of climate change, a major moment for the global environmental movement and for the countries at greatest risk of harm.It was the first time that the court, which is the United Nations’ highest judicial body, has weighed in on climate change.The unanimous opinion said that the failure of nations to take action to protect the climate system may constitute “an internationally wrongful act.” It also found that protection of the environment is “a precondition” for ensuring human rights and cited government support of fossil-fuel production as a potential violation of these principles.“The environment is the foundation for human life, upon which the health and well-being of both present and future generations depend,” Judge Iwasawa Yuji, president of the court, said.
However, the “climate crisis” is a narrative being driven by climate cultists and those who profit from them. Countries not adhering to the ludicrous climate policies would be threatened with reparations.
Its opinion, which runs to more than 500 pages, said climate change was an “urgent and existential” threat and was unequivocally caused by human activities….The court said states must cooperate to reduce planet-heating pollution and that countries harmed by the climate crisis may be entitled to reparations on a case-by-case basis.The ruling is not legally binding, but the status of the court gives it significant weight. Experts say it could bolster climate negotiations and provide a huge boost to climate lawsuits around the world.
The “strongly worded letter” is unlikely to be taken seriously by any nation that values affordable, efficient, and reliable energy. In fact, it’s fueling renewed momentum to disentangle our country from a globalist bureaucracy that increasingly serves as little more than a conduit for wealth redistribution.
Terms and conditions that hamper a nation’s independent choices will likely not promote future partnerships or agreements.
Finally, a growing number of people — including policymakers and scientists — are beginning to recognize the distortions and disinformation that have been circulated about carbon dioxide and global temperatures.
What the ICJ did was merely place a small ball of Silly Putty on the gaping hole of Climate Cult Control created by social media, which is now allowing real climate science analysis to be published, and by Trump (who will undoubtedly laugh at the nonsense in the letter).
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