Climate-conscious B.C. seniors call for government action [Video]

Concerned seniors organized climate protests across Canada on Tuesday, including “rocking chair rallies” outside the constituency offices of two B.C. politicians.

Participants in the inaugural Seniors for Climate event – which was planned to coincide with National Seniors Day – are worried about the growing threat rising global temperatures pose to their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, said 78-year-old organizer Lynne Kent.

“We all need to pay attention to what’s going on and do our part to save the planet,” she said. “That’s the bottom line, isn’t it?”

Kent has a background in mediation and conflict resolution, but has been spending her retirement years picking fights with the government, demanding more investment in alternative energy sources and fewer subsidies for Canadian oilfields.

“We’re exploiting our own country – doing damage within the country with the oil extraction – and sending it around the world to harm other countries,” she said.

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