Greta Thunberg

The Swedish teen environmental activist shot to fame when she organised school strikes to protest climate change last August and has recently made up her mind to take a year-long break from studies to focus on her activities. Apparently, some German drivers a…

Posted on 29 June 2019 by John Hartz A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week, i.e., Sun, Jun 23 through Sat, June 29, 2019 Editor's Pick When Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez met Greta Thunberg: '…

Stormzy pulled out all the stops to deliver a dynamic headlining performance and bring the first day of Glastonbury to a close with a bang on Friday night (June 28). The first black British solo artist to headline the main Pyramid Stage in the festival’s 49-…

29. Juni 2019 11:38 | #Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez#Greta Thunberg#Interview#Klimawandel#Politik Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez interviewt Greta Thunberg im Guardian über Schulstreiks, Klimawandel und Hoffnung: When Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez met Greta Thunberg: ‘Hope i…

While there is no single definition of climate emergency, environmentalist Chandra Bhushan said it was the act of placing climate change at the centre of policy and planning decisions. (File) More than 450,000 people have signed two petitions demanding that …

Chennai has been in the global spotlight since its four main reservoirs dried up earlier this month, largely because of poor monsoons in 2018, forcing residents to ration the use of water. (file) More than 450,000 people have signed two petitions demanding t…

The United Nations adopted the Sustainable Development Goals nearly four years ago, charting a course to address the worlds most serious challenges and to see major results by 2030. To reach this deadline, well need to come together as global citizens in th…

Philip Alston, UN special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, said the impacts of global heating are likely to undermine not only basic rights to life, water, food, and housing for hundreds of millions of people, but also democracy and the rule of…

Berlin (AFP) - German energy giant RWE said Sunday it will be seeking prosecutions after hundreds of climate activists occupied their open-cast mine at the weekend to protest against the use of coal. Following a cat-and-mouse game with police on Saturday, ar…

Image copyrightAFPImage caption Hundreds of protesters joined forces to break into the mine and march through it Hundreds of climate change activists have stormed an open cast coal mine in western Germany to campaign against fossil fuels. The protesters …