Environmentalist David Suzuki has apologized for comments he made about pipelines being blown up if government leaders don’t urgently address climate change. In a statement on Thursday, Suzuki says his comments to CHEK News on Saturday were a result of his frustration at government inaction as climate change gets worse. Suzuki was asked in a media interview what he thinks may happen if government leaders don’t urgently address climate change after a protest was held in Victoria on Saturday. He says the suggestion about violence was wrong. Suzuki says a way must be found to stop the environmental damage that is being done to the planet and “we must do so in a non-violent manner.” The apology was issued on the David Suzuki Foundation website. “The remarks I made were poorly chosen and I should not have said them,” it says. “Any suggestion that violence is inevitable is wrong and …
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