Greta Thunberg

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionGreta Thunberg: "The world is on fire"Greta Thunberg has warned "those in power" she will "not be silenced when the world is on fire". The teenager was welcomed by chants of "Greta, Greta" as she addressed some 15,000 people at the Bristol…

Greta Thunberg, the teenage activist who has reprimanded governments across the world for failing her generation with climate change, is expected to draw a crowd of thousands on Friday when she leads a protest in Britain.Known simply as Greta, 17-year-old Thunberg has captured the imagination of many young people with…

Global markets had a turbulent week amid heightened concern about the economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak. The S&P 500 index dropped by 3.4% in a day, its worst daily performance in two years; over a week it was down by 8% from the record high it had recently attained.…

Image: GettyBarf BagWelcome to Barf Bag, a daily politics roundup to help you sort through the chaotic Trumpian news cycle.The U.S. appeals court on Monday upheld a Trump administration rule that prohibits tax-payer funded family-planning clinics from referring patients to abortion providers. The ruling will impact all clinics in the…

Climate campaigners on Friday expressed hope that policymakers who are stalling on taking decisive climate action would reconsider their stance in light of new warnings from an unlikely source: two economists at J.P. Morgan Chase. Extinction Rebellion spokesperson Rupert Read revealed Thursday that he had obtained a report, entitled "Risky Business: Climate…

By: Express News Service | New Delhi | Updated: February 25, 2020 1:54:29 pm Craspedotropis gretathunbergae. (Photo: Schilthuizen et al/Biodiversity Data Journal)A group of citizen scientists working together with scientists from Taxon Expeditions, which organises field trips of taxonomic experts and laypeople to discover unknown species, has identified a new…

Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest is advancing at worrying levels. In January, the area lost was double that in the same month in 2019, according to official figures.This after a catastrophic dry season last year in which fires destroyed large swathes of the rainforest, a carbon store which is seen…

By: | Published: February 22, 2020 11:42:01 am “If enough people get involved in making change happen, change can happen,” the 17-year-old said. (Reuters/F. Bimmer)Greta Thunberg gave a rousing speech to several thousand people as part of a climate protest in Hamburg on Friday. Thunberg said that she did not…

Sinnfluencers are taking the internet by storm, and wield partnership potential for businesses and retailers to provide the guidance consumers desire to live more eco-friendly and socially or politically aware lives Have you heard of the ‘Sinnfluencer?’ A German term, the combination of ‘sinn’ (purpose, meaning, even spirit) and the…

Sinnfluencers are taking the internet by storm, and wield partnership potential for businesses and retailers to provide the guidance consumers desire to live more eco-friendly and socially or politically aware lives Have you heard of the ‘Sinnfluencer?’ A German term, the combination of ‘sinn’ (purpose, meaning, even spirit) and the…