North Korea, a nuclear-armed, terror-supporting rogue nation starving its own people, according to human rights activists around the world, apparently isn't without a conscience.
Pyongyang yesterday officially denounced global warming and announced to the world it is doing all it can to fight a problem some consider either non-existent or a natural phenomenon.
"It is an important issue related to the existence of humankind to prevent global warming," said a story carried by the official North Korean news agency. "Yellow dust phenomena, which have been raised as a serious ecological and environmental problem in the international community, are frequent occurrences with a strong intensity owing to the desertification quickened by global warming."
The story said North Korea has suffered "severe damages by the yellow sand winds, which have come earlier than previous years." The yellow dust, the story said, has sharply reduced hours of sunshine and solar radiation, which caused a considerable fall of temperature. The growth of animals and plants and even the operation of precision machines has been adversely effected, it said.
North Korea "has consistently directed great efforts to the land management and environmental protection in order to prevent global warming," the story said.