John Cashore: I Stand with Coquitlam and Richmond Residents Against Global Polluters

John Cashore: I stand with Coquitlam and Richmond residents against global polluters

Last Monday, I joined with other Coquitlam residents outside city hall to support a group of students, just graduated from Centennial Secondary, as they prepared to ask council to take a hard look at the many ways that climate change is costing our community, and to take steps to ensure that global fossil fuel companies pay at least some of those costs.

Centennial Secondary grads call on Coquitlam to join Sue Big Oil campaign – Tri-Cities Dispatch

photo supplied Erin Ellis Think globally. Act legally. That was the message Monday as a pair of recent Centennial Secondary grads called for Coquitlam to join the growing, but not yet led, class action lawsuit against major oil and gas companies. “During yet another summer with record-breaking temperatures, instead of being outside with my friends enjoying the lakes and the parks of B.C. I am indoors, standing in front of you, explaining why I t…