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1/10 I oppose new fossil fuel infrastructure, old-growth logging and other things that we know are bad for the climate. The main excuse given for these things is a simple: we need them for jobs and the economy.
1/10 I oppose new fossil fuel infrastructure, old-growth logging and other things that we know are bad for the climate. The main excuse given for these things is a simple: we need them for jobs and the economy.
2/10 But with this week’s #BCFloods we’re getting a tiny taste of what the climate crisis that these things cause will bring.
We’ve stacked the deck in favour of these disasters, and now the cards are starting to be dealt.
We’ve stacked the deck in favour of these disasters, and now the cards are starting to be dealt.
3/10 The key piece here is that the climate fight is not about whether these events will keep happening. It’s too late for that. They will.
We’re fighting over whether the frequency and intensity of these disasters remains within our capacity to manage and respond to or not.
We’re fighting over whether the frequency and intensity of these disasters remains within our capacity to manage and respond to or not.
Heavy rain, mudslides and flash flooding in British Columbia have effectively cut off B.C.’s Lower Mainland from the rest of the province. #bcstorm #BCFloods
tgam.ca/3ciGaM5 📸Kelly Allen
tgam.ca/3ciGaM5 📸Kelly Allen
Two mudslides have trapped hundreds of people along Highway 7 since Sunday evening, leaving many without access to food or water.
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The entire city of Merritt is being evacuated, and Abbotsford and the Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island District have declared local states of emergency amid flooding.
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