Greta Thunberg

Two lawmakers in Sweden have nominated climate activist Greta Thunberg for the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize, the second straight nod for the teenager whose solo protests outside Swedish parliament quickly expanded to worldwide “school-skipping” activism and high-profile speeches. Jens Holm and Hakan Svenneling, who are members of Sweden’s Left Party,…

Michael Stipe was a guest on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert last night (January 30). During his visit, Stipe chatted about Patti Smith, Donald Trump, his favorite Radiohead song, Greta Thunberg, and more. Watch Stipe’s full interview below. At one point in their conversation, Colbert asked Stipe about Trump…

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By: Trends Desk | New Delhi | Updated: January 28, 2020 5:31:58 pm The eight-year-old young activist started the the “Child Movement” which reads “Bachpan Andolan” in Hindi to call out to the world leaders to take immediate climate action on July 21, 2019.Manipuri climate change activist Licypriya Kangujam may…

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg slammed the Associated Press after the news agency cropped out an African climate change activist from a photograph taken at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland last week. The photo showed Ugandan activist V…

Washington (CNN)Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin's wife Louise Linton on Saturday showed support for climate activist Greta Thunberg, days after her husband took a jab at the teenager. Mnuchin was dismissive of the 17-year-old Swedish climate activist at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and said Thunberg should go study…

A selection of striking news photographs from around the world this week. Image copyright AFP Image caption This aerial photo shows excavators at the construction site of a new hospital being built to treat patients following an outbreak of coronavirus in Wuhan in China's Hubei province. China is rushing to…

Carbon dioxide. We should stop emitting it. Scientists say it. The United Nations says it. Greta Thunberg says it. Even big finance corporations say it (even if theyre actively impeding doing it). And yet here we are on the brink of a year that will see one…

world Vanessa Nakate told BuzzFeed News she was heartbroken to see websites use a photo featuring four white activists but not her. Posted on January 24, 2020, at 12:01 p.m. ET Pierre-philippe Marcou / Getty Images Vanessa Nakate LONDON — Vanessa Nakate is a 23-year-old climate activist from Uganda who…

Greta Thunberg joined fellow activists in a climate strike Friday, capping off her time in Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum, where she continued her push for climate change action. Earlier that day, Thunberg once again called out world and bu…