Greta Thunberg

Dozens of protestors, including Thunberg, have blocked access to Norwegian government buildings in Oslo to protest against two windfarms built on Sámi reindeer grazing grounds. On Wednesday morning, 10 people including Thunberg were removed by police from the entrance of the ministry of finance, according to a spokesperson for the…

Thunberg said the wind farm violates the rights of indigenous Sami people to herd their reindeer, as the sight and sound of the turbines scares the animals Indigenous and environmental activists, including Greta Thunberg, blocked access to several Norwegian government ministries on Tuesday, expanding a protest demanding the removal of…

OSLO - Climate activist Greta Thunberg and dozens of Sami activists blocked the entrance to Norway's energy ministry Monday to protest against wind turbines still in place on reindeer herding land despite a court ruling. "We can't use the so-called climate transition as a cover for colonialism," Thunberg told broadcaster…

“The American way of life is not up for negotiation. Period.” These are the words of U.S. President George H. W. Bush ahead of the 1992 United Nations Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. In retrospect, it turns out he was speaking on behalf of the entire Global North. And…

When an advert featuring Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg popped up on YouTube the other day, I noticed that not only had she visibly grown older, but also rounder. This in itself was probably a good thing, one need only look at her photos of her adolescence where she appears…

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There is no evidence climate activist Greta Thunberg tweeted a photo of herself smoking with a caption that reads, “stop sending this. it’s not me .” Social media posts appear to be sharing a fabricated screenshot. Social media users shared the screenshot as if it shows a real tweet by…

Vanessa Nakate of Uganda, together with prominent young activists including Greta Thunberg from Sweden, Helena Gualinga of Ecuador and Luisa Neubauer of Germany participated Thursday (Jan.19) in a roundtable with International Energy Agency Executive Director Fatih Birol at the World Economic Forum’s annual gathering in Switzerland. Nakate, who at one point…

Catastrophic climate disruption is here, and disruptors like Greta Thunberg are not the ones who should be arrested. Climate activist Greta Thunberg speaks to a crowd in Berlin in 2021. Credit: Stefan Müller / Flickr Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg is getting carried away. Literally. She joined thousands in the…

Climate activist Greta Thunberg’s detainment during a protest near Luetzerath village in western Germany was not orchestrated by the media, despite claims circulating on social media. Reuters reported Thunberg was briefly detained in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and subsequently released along with other activists on Jan. 17 during a…