Another climate strike is scheduled for St. John’s next month, but a former premier and chair of the C-NLOPB is cautioning a balance needs to be found.
Fridays for Future St. John’s says climate change is not a lie. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change compiles the latest scientific information on ways in which the climate is being affected by human activity.
Its latest report shows why it is so important to keep global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius.
View the report at this link.
Roger Grimes is just back from a seminar in Botwood, which is hoping to develop into a service centre for the offshore and build economic development in the central Newfoundland region based on the offshore.
The provincial government is hoping to double—if not triple—oil production by 2030. That’s counter to the “Decarbonize” movement.
Grimes says his message is to keep the communication lines flowing. pic.twitter.com/dNw5a0PZIg
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Grimes told Fred Hutton on the VOCM Morning Show he’s not a climate change denier and knows we need to do something to counter climate change. He says the industry needs to be aware and listen to the generations coming up.
He warns “ignore them at your peril.”
The big question, says Grimes, is for politicians to find that balance, because it’s not always a simple “black and white proposition.” He says those same people need to live and work in this province.
The next climate strike is set for November 29 at 11 a.m. beginning at Memorial University’s clock tower.