Governor General Sir Rodney Williams has called on
The governor general delivered the plea to world leaders in his annual Speech from the Throne.
He said, while the government is very thankful for the absence of storms during this past hurricane season, the global climate change phenomenon still haunts the region and the world.
He recalled that Hurricane Irma caused more than $600 million dollars in damages to Antigua and Barbuda.
“It is not possible for my Government to return to the international community with frequency to seek assistance following the passage of destructive hurricanes,” the GG said in his speech televised nationally.
He noted that though mitigation and adaptation policies are vigorously pursued by the government, the ferocity of storms may nevertheless render some of e
Sir Rodney was critical of the large states that continue to dump billions of tons of carbon dioxide, other unwanted gases and particulate matter into our earth’s atmosphere, saying that they “must cease and desist from that uncivilized
“Our skies are not empty spaces. Complex processes take place in the skies above us, continuously, that determine climate and weather. Civilization cannot use our skies as a dumping ground in the production of goods and energy,” he said.
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WHAT ABOUT ALL THE GABBAGE THAT IS DUMPED IN THE SUPERMARKETS MISLABELED AS FOOD?
WHAT ABOUT ALL THE GABBAGE CHEMICALS DUMPED INTO OUR PIPE BORNE LIQUID MISLABELED AS PORTABLE WATER?
WHAT ABOUT ALL THE GABBAGE THAT IS DUMPED ON OUR YOUTHS VIA THERE INTERNET?
WHAT ABOUT ALL THE GABBAGE CLOTHES THEY DUMPED ON OUR WOMEN TURNING THEM INTO WHORES?
WHAT ABOUT ALL THE INFERIOR PRODUCTS THAT CHINA IS DUMPING ON US THAT WORKS AT THE STORE ONLY?
THESE THINGS YOU CAN FIX STOP TALKING ABOUT THINGS THAT YOU HAVE NO CONTROL OVER FIX THE THINGS THAT YOU CAN….
What about all the big rich businessmen who live in residential areas with covenants but keep stinking fowl coops in their yards right next to their neighbours’ windows? And you must wake up when the hens begin to cluck and cackle?
What about the big rich businessman who lives in a residential area with covenant and owns 2 bucket trucks, bob cats, bulldozers and a fogging truck and terrorize his neighbours with all the fumes and smoke and block up the road with them so it is hard to pass on the road? And don’t say go to the CBH or DCA. Been there, done that. Big money trumps citizens’ rights.
Care to try to fix those first?
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