'Please do not leave my future to waste,' teen urges politicians at Halifax climate rally

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The urgent call for immediate and consistent climate action once again reverberated through Halifax’s downtown streets on Friday afternoon. “I am so ...

Iman Mannathukkaren, a 17-year-old Grade 12 student at Halifax West High School, speaks to the Grand Parade crowd of climate protesters during a School Strike 4 Climate Halifax rally on Friday.Lee's impacts to be felt as the storm tracks into Atlantic Canada this weekend | SaltWireThe urgent call for immediate and consistent climate action once again reverberated through Halifax’s downtown streets on Friday afternoon.

Some 600 climate protesters rallied, carrying signs and chanting catchy phrases like “No more coal, no more oil, keep your carbon in the soil,” as they marched from City Hall down to Hollis Street, in front of Province House and along to the Nova Scotia Power building on Lower Water Street before returning to Grand Parade.

The rally organized by School Strike 4 Climate Halifax demanded urgent, sustained, and justice-centred climate action from local leaders and to remind those in charge that the youth are watching.

 

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