Greta Thunberg

A climate change–denier who was promoted in Trump’s Department of the Interior has been slipping misleading claims about greenhouse gases into official reports, according to the New York Times. The language, which misleadingly downplays the effects of climate change and touts the debunked potential benefits of carbon dioxide for plants,…

By Izza Sofia, 02 Mar 2020 Image via Daniele COSSU / Shutterstock.comTeenage activist Greta Thunberg has responded to a vulgar cartoon of her that circulated a few days ago. She commented that the sexual drawing bearing the name of a Canadian oil company is a sign of desperation that “shows…

Image caption Parts of a popular green space were turned into a mudbath Hundreds have called for the organisers of a Greta Thunberg climate change rally to pay for damage caused to green space.Around 15,000 people are believed to have attended Friday's Bristol Youth Strike 4 Climate rally, churning up…

Hopeful, passionate and completely fearless, Greta Thunberg is quickly becoming the face of climate change awareness. The teenage climate activist became a household name after a school-wide strike ignited an international sensation, inspiring millions of young people to stand up to the environmental crisis plaguing the planet we all share.…

BRISTOL, England (Reuters) - Greta Thunberg denounced politicians and the media on Friday for ignoring a looming climate cataclysm, saying that they were failing her generation with their inaction in the face of a world on fire. Several thousand people attended a rally in the southwestern English city of Bristol…

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…