Key Points
- Canadian environmentalist David Suzuki suggests pipelines will be blown up if leaders don’t act on climate.
- Suzuki was speaking to Extinction Rebellion, a group of eco-activist who break the law in the name of climate.
- Extinction Rebellion is funded by the Climate Emergency Fund – members include wealthy American elites.
There are lots of things you can do to help the planet: plant a tree; conserve water; take public transit or ride a bicycle; reduce, reuse, recycle; shop for sustainable clothing and food items.
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“We’re in deep, deep doo-doo. This is what we’ve come to. The next stage after this, there are going to be pipelines blown up if our leaders don’t pay attention to what’s going on.”
Backlash? You bet. Suzuki quickly apologized.
“Any suggestion that violence is inevitable is wrong and will not lead us to a desperately-needed solution to the climate crisis,” he said. “My words were spoken out of extreme frustration and I apologize.”
But Extinction Rebellion, which is funded by American millionaires, doubled down on Suzuki’s call to violence, saying “The statement…is a prediction of what is to come as the desperation of ordinary people increases while governments fail to address the climate and ecological emergency, and disasters and climate chaos destroy people’s lives.”
“Not only will pipelines be blown up, but we can be certain that world leaders will be put on trial for treason or worse – be killed,” says Zain Haq, Extinction Rebellion Canada’s National Action & Strategy Coordinator. “Although Extinction Rebellion activists are nonviolent, we cannot control the actions of those outside of this movement.”
Sounds like you’re condoning violence, Zain.
Extinction Rebellion isn’t just a Canadian problem. According to the New York Times, “they have chapters around the world and [have] brought intense attention to climate change through disruptive protests in London in April, and subsequent protests in Los Angeles, New York City and elsewhere. It got a pledge of $350,000.”
That “pledge” came from the Climate Emergency Fund, a group of millionaires and billionaires – including American elites from the Kennedy and the Getty families – who fund disruptive climate initiatives.
“The smartest place for philanthropists to invest is in this new generation of activists who refuse to accept the excuses of the adults whose lazy approach to climate is leading us off a cliff. The era of gradualism in environmental activism is over,” says American businessman and Climate Emergency Fund co-founder Trevor Neilson.
Neilson says the money can “only be used for legal activities” like printing signs or hiring organizers – but another co-founder, Roger Hallam, is a little less naive.
“It goes without saying that Extinction Rebellion is involved in civil disobedience, and civil disobedience involves breaking the law,” says Hallam. But he insists they draw the line at violence.
I wonder if he’s read Extinction Rebellion’s thoughts on David Suzuki’s pipeline comments.
