Back in May, Green MP Chlöe Swarbrick tried to put a motion to have parliament declare a climate emergency. National denied leave, and have since made it clear that they oppose any such motion. But today, the Youth Parliament did what the "responsible" adults refused to:
@NZGreens youth MP Luke Wijohn (@_chloeswarbrick) got youth parliament to declare a climate emergency #YouthParliament @NZYP19 🔥👏🔥🌏🌏💚 pic.twitter.com/JvDz9sMnNf
— Kate Aschoff (@kate_aschoff) July 17, 2019
Simon Bridges will probably dismiss this as "irresponsible yoof" or some such bullshit. But who's being "irresponsible": the people voting to take the biggest policy challenge to face our country (and our species) seriously? Or the people who stuff farmer and oil company money in their ears and try and pretend it doesn't exist?
