Cowichan Bay resident Raine Robinson joined a youth-led lawsuit against the federal government four years ago, while in high school, claiming inaction on climate change is threatening their future.Article content
“I’m already doing everything that I possibly can. I’m careful about my diet and my carbon footprint. I go to climate rallies and plant trees but at the end of the day, I’m still having to fight the government because they’re continuing to log old-growth forest. They continue to promote fossil fuel projects and brush aside the voices of Indigenous peoples,” said Robinson, who use they/them pronouns.
TransLink will make its pitch to the Metro Vancouver board for a second time Friday in hopes of securing $75 million to buy 84 natural gas buses, a stop-gap measure needed to replace aging diesel buses but not fully in line with its electrification plans.