Greta Thunberg

Garzweiler surface mine (Germany) (AFP) - Several hundred climate activists evaded police to enter an open-cast mine run by energy giant RWE in western Germany Saturday, a day after tens of thousands campaigned against the use of coal. The activists, many dr…

Warsaw (AFP) - Poland and Hungary on Friday said they were protecting their national economies by rejecting an EU bid for zero net greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, a goal another opposing country called "ecological hysteria". EU leaders failed Thursday to s…

Viersen (Germany) (AFP) - Tens of thousands of climate activists noisily rallied in Germany Friday to demand action against global warming, now one of the hottest issues on the European political agenda. While several thousand anti-coal activists tried to re…

Viersen (Germany) (AFP) - Thousands of climate activists Friday started marching toward a huge German coal mine they plan to blockade in a protest against global warming, an issue that has shot to the top of the European political agenda. The "Ende Gelaende"…

Viersen (Germany) (AFP) - Thousands of European climate activists are readying Friday to blockade a huge German open-cast coal mine and plant in a campaign of non-violent mass civil disobedience. The target of the so-called "Ende Gelaende" (EG) protest movem…

___ S&P 500 index closes at record high as stock rally continues NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street capped a broad rally for stocks Thursday by driving the S&P 500 index to an all-time high. The gains came as investors balanced optimism over the possibilit…

June 20th, 2019 by Steve Hanley  The Center For Climate Integrity forecasts that protecting US coastal communities from rising sea levels could cost as much as $400 billion over the next 20 years. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. In a new report, the…

Oil executives want to play nice with Greta Thunberg, the Swedish teenager whose one-person school strike launched a worldwide movement to treat the climate crisis like the emergency it is. Deirdre Michie, head of the industry trade association Oil and Gas UK…

NYKOPING, Sweden (AP) Schools out for summer and Swedish lawyer Pia Bjorstrand, her husband and their two sons are shouldering backpacks, ready to board the first of many trains on a whistle-stop vacation around northern Europe. The family is part of a small…

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