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‘We Need to Listen and Learn From Young People’: This September, Climate Strikes Go Global

‘We Need to Listen and Learn From Young People’: This September, Climate Strikes Go Global

Environmental activists around the world are strategizing and planning demonstrations to coincide with next month’s United Nations Climate Action Summit, which starts on September 23. The organizers aim to force politicians and lawmakers to confront the urgency of the global climate crisis, which is accelerating at an alarming rate. The UN Climate Summit will be […]

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    Greta Thunberg Awarded Normandy’s First ‘Freedom Prize’

    Greta Thunberg Awarded Normandy’s First ‘Freedom Prize’

    By Andrea Germanos Climate activist Greta Thunberg on Sunday urged people to recognize “the link between climate and ecological emergency and mass migration, famine, and war” as she was given the first “Freedom Prize” from France’s Normandy region for her ongoing school strikes for climate and role in catalyzing the Fridays for future climate movement. […]

    Climate Activists Respond to OPEC Official Calling Them ‘Greatest Threat’ to Big Oil

    Climate Activists Respond to OPEC Official Calling Them ‘Greatest Threat’ to Big Oil

    Climate campaigners were undaunted when the secretary general of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) called their movement “perhaps the greatest threat” to the oil industry. “Thank you!” 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg tweeted in response Thursday. “Our biggest compliment yet!” “There is a growing mass mobilisation of world opinion… against oil" […]

    Germany: Climate Activists End Coal Blockade in Garzweiler

    Germany: Climate Activists End Coal Blockade in Garzweiler

    Police have cleared 250 climate activists who stayed overnight at the Garzweiler brown coal mine in western Germany, officials said Sunday. However, some protesters were still blocking nearby train tracks that usually serve as a coal transport route from one of Germany’s biggest open-pit mines, near the cities of Düsseldorf and Cologne. Spokeswoman Kathrin Henneberger […]

    Greta Thunberg, Fridays for Future Movement Win Amnesty Human Rights Award

    Greta Thunberg, Fridays for Future Movement Win Amnesty Human Rights Award

    Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg and her Fridays for Future protest movement on Friday won an Amnesty International human rights award for their “unique leadership and courage in standing up for human rights.” Thunberg and the millions of school students she inspired to skip school and protest on Fridays won the Ambassador of Conscience […]

    Global Climate Revolt Escalates: 1,351+ Strikes in 110 Countries Planned for Friday

    Global Climate Revolt Escalates: 1,351+ Strikes in 110 Countries Planned for Friday

    By Julia Conley Two months after what was reportedly the largest international climate demonstration ever, young people around the world are expected to make history again on Friday with a second global climate strike. Sixteen-year-old Greta Thunberg, who began the global movement in which students around the world have walked out of their classrooms on […]

    German Far Right Party Attacks 16-Year-Old Greta Thunberg Ahead of EU Elections

    German Far Right Party Attacks 16-Year-Old Greta Thunberg Ahead of EU Elections

    The far-right German party Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) is increasing its climate denying rhetoric as it prepares for the European elections later this month, singling out 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg for particular attack. AfD has long denied that climate change is caused by the burning of fossil fuels, but it has chosen to emphasize […]

    Ireland Becomes Second Country to Declare Climate Emergency

    Ireland Becomes Second Country to Declare Climate Emergency

    The Republic of Ireland became the second country in the world to declare a climate emergency Thursday, The Independent Ireland reported. The declaration was passed Thursday evening when both the government and opposition parties agreed to an amendment to a climate action report. “We’re reaching a tipping point in respect of climate deterioration,” Climate Action […]

    UK Parliament First in World to Declare Climate Emergency

    UK Parliament First in World to Declare Climate Emergency

    The UK parliament became the first national legislative body in the world to declare a climate change “emergency” Wednesday. The historic move closely follows Extinction Rebellion protests that blocked traffic in key parts of central London for a week in April. The protest had three demands: that the UK government “tell the truth” about climate […]