Sure, global warming is going to raise sea levels, but few people are predicting a flood of biblical proportions. But just in case, Greenpeace is building a replica of Noah’s Ark where the original was said to have landed after the great flood.

From an AP article on the subject:

Turkish and German volunteer carpenters are making the wooden ship on the mountain in eastern Turkey, bordering Iran. The ark will be revealed in a ceremony on May 31, a day after Greenpeace activists climb the mountain and call on world leaders to take action to tackle climate change, Greenpeace said.

It’s a tall order, since so far, world leaders seem to be having a hard time coming up with a post-Kyoto action plan. According to a Reuters article today, developed nations want greenhouse gas emissions restrictions placed on developing nations, too:

Despite recent U.N. reports ringing alarm bells on global warming, the United States and Japan saw little prospect for launching formal talks to extend Kyoto at the Bali conference.

We’re not sure that a ginormous ark is going to convince those countries to curb climate change. Maybe a better tactic is for someone (like, um, the United States) to skip to the good part and extend the olive branch.

Posted by Susan Cosier on May 18, 2007 at 5:44 PM
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