Greta Thunberg

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin got the economics all wrong in his public put-down of climate activist Greta Thunberg. A guy who still insists that the 2017 tax cut “will pay for itself” should not be lecturing anyone about economics, but there’s something about being in Davos that brings out the…

Photo: GettyDavos season is a beautiful time of year when rich, powerful people gather in a Swiss mountain town to talk about Big Ideas. Ensconced in this familiar backslapping environment, they also occasionally tell us how they really feel about some of the most pressing issues facing humanity like rising…

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin suggested that Greta Thunberg isn’t the best person to give advice on economic issues related to climate change — at least not until she goes to college. At a press briefing at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Mnuchin …

Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here.Not everyone was a fan of climate activist Greta Thunberg’s passionate speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos earlier this week. On Thursday, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin chided the 17-year old and her demand for a…

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said teen climate activist Greta Thunberg can talk about divesting from fossil fuels "after she goes and studies economics." Mnuchin made the comments at a press gaggle Thursday in Davos, Switzerland, where world and bus…

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg is in no position to suggest that governments and companies need to cut back dramatically on their use of fossil fuels until she goes to college and comes out with an economics degree. Read More

By Balazs Koranyi and Alessandra GalloniDAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told Greta Thunberg on Thursday she should study economics, a jibe which prompted the climate activist to say she did not need a degree to know the world was not meeting its climate targets.Asked about Thunberg's…

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Davos, Switzerland (CNN Business)Only a revolution in the way the global economy and financial markets work can save the planet from the climate crisis and secure future prosperity, Prince Charles warned on Wednesday."We can't go on like this, with every month another record in temperatures being broken," he told CNN…

Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg addressed leaders on the climate crisis on the opening day of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, bringing attention to the issue at a conference that will be dominated with reconciling business with carbon emissions. What do you think?“Man, she is really all-in on…