Greta Thunberg - young Climate Change activist being attacked by Trump and on Fox News

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is an emergency alert for the general public<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MindTheGap?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MindTheGap</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LeadersClimateSummit?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LeadersClimateSummit</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/EarthDay?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#EarthDay</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NoMoreEmptySummits?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NoMoreEmptySummits</a> <a href="https://t.co/e1z1A783I2">pic.twitter.com/e1z1A783I2</a></p>— Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) <a href="https://twitter.com/GretaThunberg/status/1385165197350952961?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 22, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is an emergency alert for the general public<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MindTheGap?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MindTheGap</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LeadersClimateSummit?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LeadersClimateSummit</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/EarthDay?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#EarthDay</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NoMoreEmptySummits?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NoMoreEmptySummits</a> <a href="https://t.co/e1z1A783I2">pic.twitter.com/e1z1A783I2</a></p>— Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) <a href="https://twitter.com/GretaThunberg/status/1385165197350952961?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 22, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Maybe Greta should then lead by example and stop accumulating such a high carbon footprint when travelling around the world. So many corporations and companies are doing a lot these days for climate change. Greta on the otherhand is being a hypocrite, and that's her biggest achievement.

 

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Climate activist Greta Thunberg has hit out at the UK, saying it is a "lie that the UK is a climate leader".

Earlier this year at the Leaders' Climate Summit, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the "UK has managed to reduce its CO2 emissions by about 42% on 1990 levels" - a claim Ms Thunberg has opposed.

The 18-year-old said that "if you don't include all emissions then the statistics are going to look much nicer", suggesting things like aviation, shipping, and the burning of biomass have not been taken into account.

She added the UK is "very good at creative carbon accounting" but that "doesn't mean much in practice".

The climate champion was speaking at the launch of a new UNICEF report, which looks at the impact of climate change on children.

Its release coincides with the third anniversary of the 'Fridays for Future' school strike started by Ms Thunberg in 2018.

The report found that around 1 billion of the world's 2.2 billion children live in countries classified by UNICEF as being at "extremely high risk" of the impacts of the climate crisis.

Young people living in the Central African Republic, Chad, Nigeria, Guinea, and Guinea-Bissau are identified as being the most at risk, despite the fact these countries are among the lowest emitters of CO2.

The report's authors, which include Ms Thunberg, said: "We cannot allow this injustice to continue. It is immoral that the countries that have done the least are suffering first and worst."

The report urges global leaders to use the COP26 climate summit being held in Glasgow in November to take the "drastic action required to shift the economy away from fossil fuels".

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OSLO, Oct 1 (Reuters) - The Nobel Peace Prize will be announced just three weeks before world leaders gather for a climate summit that scientists say could determine the future of the planet, one reason why prize watchers say this could be the year of Greta Thunberg.

The world's most prestigious political accolade will be unveiled on Oct. 8. While the winner often seems a total surprise, those who follow it closely say the best way to guess is to look at the global issues most likely to be on the minds of the five committee members who choose.

With the COP26 climate summit set for the start of November in Scotland, that issue could be global warming. Scientists paint this summit as the last chance to set binding targets for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions for the next decade, vital if the world is to have hope of keeping temperature change below the 1.5 degree Celsius target to avert catastrophe.

That could point to Thunberg, the Swedish climate activist, who at 18 would be the second youngest winner in history by a few months, after Pakistan's Malala Yousafzai.

"The committee often wants to send a message. And this will be a strong message to send to COP26, which will be happening between the announcement of the award and the ceremony," Dan Smith, director of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, told Reuters.

Another big issue the committee may want to address is democracy and free speech. That could mean an award for a press freedom group, such as the Committee to Protect Journalists or Reporters Without Borders, or for a prominent political dissident, such as exiled Belarus opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya or jailed Russian activist Alexei Navalny.

A win for a journalism advocacy group would resonate "with the large debate about the importance of independent reporting and the fighting of fake news for democratic governance," said Henrik Urdal, director of the Peace Research Institute Oslo.

A Nobel for either Navalny or Tsikhanouskaya would be an echo of the Cold War, when peace and literature prizes were bestowed on prominent Soviet dissidents such as Andrei Sakharov and Alexander Solzhenitsyn.

Oddsmakers also tip groups such as the World Health Organization or the vaccine sharing body COVAX, which are directly involved in the global battle against COVID-19. But prize watchers say this could be less likely than might be assumed: the committee already cited the pandemic response last year, when it chose the U.N. World Food Programme.

While parliamentarians from any country can nominate candidates for the prize, in recent years the winner has tended to be a nominee proposed by lawmakers from Norway, whose parliament appoints the prize committee.

Norwegian lawmakers surveyed by Reuters have included Thunberg, Navalny, Tsikhanouskaya and the WHO on their lists.

The committee's full deliberations remain forever secret, with no minutes taken of discussions. But other documents, including this year's full list of 329 nominees, are kept behind an alarmed door protected by several locks at the Norwegian Nobel Institute, to be made public in 50 years.

Inside the vault, document folders line the walls: green for nominations, blue for correspondence.

It is a trove for historians seeking to understand how laureates emerge. The most recent documents made public are about the 1971 prize, won by Willy Brandt, chancellor of West Germany, for his moves to reduce East-West tension during the Cold War.

"The Europe you see today is basically the legacy of those efforts," librarian Bjoern Vangen told Reuters.

The documents reveal that one of the main finalists Brandt beat out for the prize was French diplomat Jean Monnet, a founder of the European Union. It would take another 41 years for Monnet's creation, the EU, to finally win the prize in 2012.

 

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Greta Thunberg tells protest that COP26 has been a 'failure'

Greta Thunberg has told a mass rally in Glasgow that the COP26 climate summit has been a "failure".

The Swedish activist had earlier joined thousands of young people - including striking school pupils - for a march through the city.

She addressed the crowd when it arrived in George Square, saying "immediate and drastic" cuts to emissions are needed.

The march was organised by Fridays for Future Scotland, a group founded by youngsters inspired by Ms Thunberg.

It was one of the largest of a series of demonstrations taking place throughout the summit, which is being held in the city.

Ms Thunberg said: "It is not a secret that COP26 is a failure. It should be obvious that we cannot solve a crisis with the same methods that got us into it in the first place."

She said: "We need immediate drastic annual emission cuts unlike anything the world has ever seen.

"The people in power can continue to live in their bubble filled with their fantasies, like eternal growth on a finite planet and technological solutions that will suddenly appear seemingly out of nowhere and will erase all of these crises just like that.

"All this while the world is literally burning, on fire, and while the people living on the front lines are still bearing the brunt of the climate crisis."

She described the UN climate change summit as a "two-week long celebration of business as usual and blah, blah, blah" to "maintain business as usual" and "create loopholes to benefit themselves".

Ms Thunberg added: "We know that our emperors are naked."

Activists from several other countries also gave speeches about how climate change is already affecting their homelands.

They included including Vanessa Nakate from Uganda, who said: "Historically, Africa is responsible for only 3% of global emissions and yet Africans are suffering some of the most brutal impacts fuelled by the climate crisis.

"But while the global south is on the frontlines of the climate crisis, they're not on the front pages of the world's newspapers."

Read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-59165781

 

[MenInG]

Have your opinions on Greta changed?

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Have your opinions on Greta changed?

Yes. She was a child when she made these heartfelt climate change videos, now she's grown up. If she wants to show pornography is bad, then don't get sucked into pornographic language exchanges. Stick to climate change Greta, it's a worthy cause.

 

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Climate campaigner Greta Thunberg has been detained by police at a protest outside a western German village.

She had been protesting with activists seeking to stop the abandoned village of Lützerath from being demolished for the expansion of a coal mine.

Police told the BBC Ms Thunberg was not arrested and would be released after they checked her ID.

Ms Thunberg was detained after a group "rushed towards the ledge" of the Garzweiler 2 mine, police said.

They also confirmed all of those detained in the group would be released without charge once their identities had been checked.

The Garzweiler 2 mine is around 9km (5.6 miles) from Lützerath. Video from the scene showed three officers carrying Ms Thunberg from the protest as she smiles.

Police also told Reuters news agency that one man jumped into the mine.

BBC

 

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Climate campaigner Greta Thunberg has been detained by police at a protest outside a western German village.

She had been protesting with activists seeking to stop the abandoned village of Lützerath from being demolished for the expansion of a coal mine.

Police told the BBC Ms Thunberg was not arrested and would be released after they checked her ID.

Ms Thunberg was detained after a group "rushed towards the ledge" of the Garzweiler 2 mine, police said.

They also confirmed all of those detained in the group would be released without charge once their identities had been checked.

The Garzweiler 2 mine is around 9km (5.6 miles) from Lützerath. Video from the scene showed three officers carrying Ms Thunberg from the protest as she smiles.

Police also told Reuters news agency that one man jumped into the mine.

BBC

Good that she got detained.

Greta is not a German. Not sure why she want to Germany to stop the expansion of a coal mine. Does she think she can do as she pleases in all countries?

 

[KingKhanWC]

The grin on her smug little face while carried away.

These climate activists are never against wars, where living beings inc insects, animals are blown up.

She thinks natural fuels need to go, tell that to the poor in Africa or Asia

 

[Robert]

Good that she got detained.

Greta is not a German. Not sure why she want to Germany to stop the expansion of a coal mine. Does she think she can do as she pleases in all countries?

She is an EU citizen.

 

[Robert]

The grin on her smug little face while carried away.

These climate activists are never against wars, where living beings inc insects, animals are blown up.

She thinks natural fuels need to go, tell that to the poor in Africa or Asia

I think you’re being unfair there. War is inherently destructive of ecosystems so climate activists are anti-war. Consider for example all the Agent Orange the USAF poured over Vietnam, getting into the food web.

It’s because of the Russo-Ukraine War that the Germans are digging for coal.

The Sun is natural. African states get a lot of sun and can generate much power.

 

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Jordan Peterson is right on the money. This is why I feel bad for children of radical liberal parents.

[MENTION=43583]KingKhanWC[/MENTION]

 

[Technics 1210]

Jordan Peterson is right on the money. This is why I feel bad for children of radical liberal parents.

[MENTION=43583]KingKhanWC[/MENTION]

I give it a few years and Gretta will then identify herself, as himself.

She is such a miserable looking child/teenager - devoid of any happiness!

 

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I give it a few years and Gretta will then identify herself, as himself.

She is such a miserable looking child/teenager - devoid of any happiness!

Quite possible with these radical liberals. You never know what they can turn into.

 

[Robert]

Jordan Peterson is right on the money. This is why I feel bad for children of radical liberal parents.

[MENTION=43583]KingKhanWC[/MENTION]

He’s made some pretty big assumptions here. Malena Ernman a domineering mother? How does he know? How do you know her politics? Because she supports the Paris Agreement? So did the heads of government of the EU, USA and Japan. That’s not “radical liberalism”, that’s science.

 

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He’s made some pretty big assumptions here. Malena Ernman a domineering mother? How does he know? How do you know her politics? Because she supports the Paris Agreement? So did the heads of government of the EU, USA and Japan. That’s not “radical liberalism”, that’s science.

I believe climate change is real and it should be approached in a practical manner. People like Greta are blowing this thing out of proportion. Radical liberals are hijacking science and polluting it with their agendas.

 

[Technics 1210]

I believe climate change is real and it should be approached in a practical manner. People like Greta are blowing this thing out of proportion. Radical liberals are hijacking science and polluting it with their agendas.

Climate change is real, but remember Global Warming turned out to be a hoax once mean temperatures were dropping in part of the world. Scientists got caught fabricated data!

https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterf...abrication-of-global-warming/?sh=2328c9b46140

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climatic_Research_Unit_email_controversy

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2010/feb/01/leaked-emails-climate-jones-chinese

In other words, the radical liberals along who have been lying to the Public for over 7 decades, got caught, and switched to a natural phenomena strategy called Climate Change.

Do not fall for the lies of the liberals! Challenge everything the say and claim.

 

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Climate change is real, but remember Global Warming turned out to be a hoax once mean temperatures were dropping in part of the world. Scientists got caught fabricated data!

https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterf...abrication-of-global-warming/?sh=2328c9b46140

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climatic_Research_Unit_email_controversy

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2010/feb/01/leaked-emails-climate-jones-chinese

In other words, the radical liberals along who have been lying to the Public for over 7 decades, got caught, and switched to a natural phenomena strategy called Climate Change.

Do not fall for the lies of the liberals! Challenge everything the say and claim.

Yeah. That's my view also.

Here in Canada, we now have a stupid tax called "carbon tax". We have to pay more due to this absurd tax. Conservatives will hopefully eliminate this tax next time they come into power (along with fixing other liberal messes).

A lot of the countries can't afford to switch to renewable energy so quickly. It needs to be done gradually and practically. Affordability should always be considered.

 

[Technics 1210]

Yeah. That's my view also.

Here in Canada, we now have a stupid tax called "carbon tax". We have to pay more due to this absurd tax. Conservatives will hopefully eliminate this tax next time they come into power (along with fixing other liberal messes).

A lot of the countries can't afford to switch to renewable energy so quickly. It needs to be done gradually and practically. Affordability should always be considered.

Let me tell you how delusional radical liberals are.

They want to go 100% Electric in the coming years, but what they do not account for is how to generate said electricity. Guess what, Oil and Nuclear will still be needed to generate and supply the huge electricity demands. Why do do countries experience load-shedding? Not enough electricity!

No amount of hippy renewable energy will suffice, its oil and nuclear till the end of humanity.

 

[Robert]

I believe climate change is real and it should be approached in a practical manner. People like Greta are blowing this thing out of proportion. Radical liberals are hijacking science and polluting it with their agendas.

I think the people you term "radical liberals" are the ones who are listening to the science.

Conservatives ignore science so they can carry on running their V8s. They are not approaching this issue in a practical manner.

You know who are? The Indonesians, who are moving the whole of Jakarta up the hill on a different island. BY your definition they are "radical liberals". I call them pragmatists.

 

[Robert]

Yeah. That's my view also.

Here in Canada, we now have a stupid tax called "carbon tax". We have to pay more due to this absurd tax. Conservatives will hopefully eliminate this tax next time they come into power (along with fixing other liberal messes).

A lot of the countries can't afford to switch to renewable energy so quickly. It needs to be done gradually and practically. Affordability should always be considered.

It's called the Polluter Pays principle. It's one of the pillars of EU and British environment law. It's a policy instrument to push firms towards greener tech such as solar panels on their roofs, small wind turbines, electrifying the vehicle fleet, grey water collection, energy-from waste, tax breaks if they choose electricity suppliers which source renewable electricity.

For example, I bought PV panels for my home. The government put a policy in place where I am selling energy that I don't use back to the grid.

This is the driver towards your gradual practical shift towards renewables.

 

[KingKhanWC]

I think you’re being unfair there. War is inherently destructive of ecosystems so climate activists are anti-war. Consider for example all the Agent Orange the USAF poured over Vietnam, getting into the food web.

It’s because of the Russo-Ukraine War that the Germans are digging for coal.

The Sun is natural. African states get a lot of sun and can generate much power.

Jordan Peterson is right on the money. This is why I feel bad for children of radical liberal parents.

[MENTION=43583]KingKhanWC[/MENTION]

Not at all, Greta doesnt even call out Saudi Arabia or those who mine various parts of the world for natural resources.

Besides, she is a well of white girl from Norway so can take the moral high ground but does she expect poor to give up fossil fuels and starve so her mommy and daddy can pat her on the back? Deluded little girl, embarrising people take her serious.

 

[Robert]

Not at all, Greta doesnt even call out Saudi Arabia or those who mine various parts of the world for natural resources.

Besides, she is a well of white girl from Norway so can take the moral high ground but does she expect poor to give up fossil fuels and starve so her mommy and daddy can pat her on the back? Deluded little girl, embarrising people take her serious.

I take her seriously.

People don't have to starve after giving up fossil fuels. Saudi could cover their desert with PV panels. They could do it tomorrow, and be carbon neutral like Norway.

 

[KingKhanWC]

I take her seriously.

People don't have to starve after giving up fossil fuels. Saudi could cover their desert with PV panels. They could do it tomorrow, and be carbon neutral like Norway.

Saudi have enough money for another 100 years. But I was referring to the poor nations such as those in Africa. If they were stop using fossil fuels many would die of hunger.

 

[Robert]

Saudi have enough money for another 100 years. But I was referring to the poor nations such as those in Africa. If they were stop using fossil fuels many would die of hunger.

Well, that’s what the carbon trading programme is for. African nations who emit less than their quota can sell part of the quota to big emitters like USA. If they set up photovoltaics en masse they will be able to make more money from the big emitters.

 

[KingKhanWC]

Well, that’s what the carbon trading programme is for. African nations who emit less than their quota can sell part of the quota to big emitters like USA. If they set up photovoltaics en masse they will be able to make more money from the big emitters.

African nations have est reserves of over 150billion barrels of crude. Why should they not use this fuel when its the US who is the biggest polluter not them. The money gained from selling this and using it on themselves would make a huge difference to their lives. THey wont give up and stay poor so some little brat from Norway can grin while living a good life.

 

[Technics 1210]

African nations have est reserves of over 150billion barrels of crude. Why should they not use this fuel when its the US who is the biggest polluter not them. The money gained from selling this and using it on themselves would make a huge difference to their lives. THey wont give up and stay poor so some little brat from Norway can grin while living a good life.

This is the crux of the argument. The West has thrived from fossil fuels, and even created economies and wealth from oil, and weapons from nuclear energy, but as soon as the East does the same, its time to go carbon neutral, and cancel fossil fuels.

This Greta Thunberg, is a Western ploy to brainwashed children into beleiving the climate change is the result of humans - this hoax has been debunked time amd time again, and what better way to reignite the debate? Use a child.

GT needs to be locked up for disturbing the peace, especially after she was caught travelling in a private jet last month:

https://www.osvehicle.com/greta-thunbergs-private-jet-flight-is-she-a-hypocrite/

I feel no pity for the radical liberals who fall for her propaganda, they deserve to be duped and live a life or persistent fear!

 

[KingKhanWC]

This is the crux of the argument. The West has thrived from fossil fuels, and even created economies and wealth from oil, and weapons from nuclear energy, but as soon as the East does the same, its time to go carbon neutral, and cancel fossil fuels.

This Greta Thunberg, is a Western ploy to brainwashed children into beleiving the climate change is the result of humans - this hoax has been debunked time amd time again, and what better way to reignite the debate? Use a child.

GT needs to be locked up for disturbing the peace, especially after she was caught travelling in a private jet last month:

https://www.osvehicle.com/greta-thunbergs-private-jet-flight-is-she-a-hypocrite/

I feel no pity for the radical liberals who fall for her propaganda, they deserve to be duped and live a life or persistent fear!

The first electric car was produced in the 1840's lol. But as you point out the money , economy and power of fossil fuels helped to build empires.

But now Africa is improving they dont want them to prosper from their huge fossil fuel reserves.

If they cared so much, they would tax US fossil fuels 500% as its the biggest 'polluter' but no lets keep the Africans poor and a grin on Greta's little face.

 

[Robert]

African nations have est reserves of over 150billion barrels of crude. Why should they not use this fuel when it’s the US who is the biggest polluter not them. The money gained from selling this and using it on themselves would make a huge difference to their lives. THey wont give up and stay poor so some little brat from Norway can grin while living a good life.

Because doing so will wreck the biosphere.

The coming mass extinction doesn’t care about fairness among nations. It will end plenty of them.

 

[KingKhanWC]

Because doing so will wreck the biosphere.

The coming mass extinction doesn’t care about fairness among nations. It will end plenty of them.

There is no evidence of any mass extinction. Even if there is , its not the fault of Africans but US and others.

They dont care mate, they care about feeding their children. If the west wants them to stop fossil fuel, they should compenstate them with actual money or resources such as Gold but wont. The west are happy for Africans and others to remain poor. Would Greta be so vocal if she was born in Nigeria or Ivory Coast, no she wouldnt care.

 

[Technics 1210]

The first electric car was produced in the 1840's lol. But as you point out the money , economy and power of fossil fuels helped to build empires.

But now Africa is improving they dont want them to prosper from their huge fossil fuel reserves.

If they cared so much, they would tax US fossil fuels 500% as its the biggest 'polluter' but no lets keep the Africans poor and a grin on Greta's little face.

Yup, though there is another reason for this Western facade, as you say, Electric cars have been around for almost 200 years, but to keep the Petrodollar alive, Amreeka needs oil!

I just cannot believe people fall for the Greta propaganda. They honestly believe we will go 100% electric in a decade or so, when going electric means the certain death of the Petrodollar.

 

[KingKhanWC]

Yup, though there is another reason for this Western facade, as you say, Electric cars have been around for almost 200 years, but to keep the Petrodollar alive, Amreeka needs oil!

I just cannot believe people fall for the Greta propaganda. They honestly believe we will go 100% electric in a decade or so, when going electric means the certain death of the Petrodollar.

Or because they know the Petrodollar is on the way out, nothing can stop this now as SAudi have confirmed again recently they will trade oil in other currencies esp the Yuan. China/Russia and others are buying up all the silver and gold they can. Russia introduced a 0% tax on buying these for the people, they pretty much sold out. Once they have enough, their new global reserve currency will come into play, meaning the end of American control over the world. THe only issue is...the Yanks (rulers) are evil, they will happily go to a nuclear war and Zionism would be happy with this as Israel will be able to build the temple in this scenario.

 

[Technics 1210]

Or because they know the Petrodollar is on the way out, nothing can stop this now as SAudi have confirmed again recently they will trade oil in other currencies esp the Yuan. China/Russia and others are buying up all the silver and gold they can. Russia introduced a 0% tax on buying these for the people, they pretty much sold out. Once they have enough, their new global reserve currency will come into play, meaning the end of American control over the world. THe only issue is...the Yanks (rulers) are evil, they will happily go to a nuclear war and Zionism would be happy with this as Israel will be able to build the temple in this scenario.

This is more probable (cos its true) than mass extinction due to human induced climate change hoax! )

Gold and Silver all the way!

 

[The_KING]

How anyone can take this annoying kid seriously after this video below is beyond me.

 

[Robert]

There is no evidence of any mass extinction. Even if there is , its not the fault of Africans but US and others.

They dont care mate, they care about feeding their children. If the west wants them to stop fossil fuel, they should compenstate them with actual money or resources such as Gold but wont. The west are happy for Africans and others to remain poor. Would Greta be so vocal if she was born in Nigeria or Ivory Coast, no she wouldnt care.

Of course there is no evidence of something that has not happened yet. We have evidence of things that happened and these are the signs of what is to come.

Half the wild space of the planet has been cleared off since 1950. The human population has quadrupled in that time while we see more and more species go extinct. We see a rise in sea levels and the spread of deserts. The glaciers shrink every year - the ISS crews tell us. We know that global temperatures are climbing. We know that there are more hurricanes than at any time on record and they are more fierce. We know that large areas of ocean are become denuded of the regular marine life, replaced by algae blooms and vast swarms of jellyfish. You can find out out a lot if this just by watching Attenborough.

China and not USA is now #1 greenhouse gas emitter and India is hard on their tail. It doesn’t matter whose fault it is - *everyone* will suffer so *everyone* has the responsibility to try to change our methods of living while there is still time.

I’m sure there are Gretas in Nigeria and Côte d’Ivoir, but they don’t get the Western media attention. Perhaps they do on NDTV. The ECOWAS states accept climate change - they will be the first to suffer as desertification kicks it, and their young people know it - so they have a nascent sustainability strategy:

https://www.afdb.org/en/news-and-ev...ergy-policy-investment-high-level-forum-14642

 

[KingKhanWC]

Of course there is no evidence of something that has not happened yet. We have evidence of things that happened and these are the signs of what is to come.

Half the wild space of the planet has been cleared off since 1950. The human population has quadrupled in that time while we see more and more species go extinct. We see a rise in sea levels and the spread of deserts. The glaciers shrink every year - the ISS crews tell us. We know that global temperatures are climbing. We know that there are more hurricanes than at any time on record and they are more fierce. We know that large areas of ocean are become denuded of the regular marine life, replaced by algae blooms and vast swarms of jellyfish. You can find out out a lot if this just by watching Attenborough.

China and not USA is now #1 greenhouse gas emitter and India is hard on their tail. It doesn’t matter whose fault it is - *everyone* will suffer so *everyone* has the responsibility to try to change our methods of living while there is still time.

I’m sure there are Gretas in Nigeria and Côte d’Ivoir, but they don’t get the Western media attention. Perhaps they do on NDTV. The ECOWAS states accept climate change - they will be the first to suffer as desertification kicks it, and their young people know it - so they have a nascent sustainability strategy:

https://www.afdb.org/en/news-and-ev...ergy-policy-investment-high-level-forum-14642

Appreciate the info, I agree there is serious issues with our climate but it doesnt help when nations are using weather machines for rainfall eg, we dont have the data to understand how this is damaging or helping. Pakistan has seen huge floods too with so many glaciers melting its a scary future.

It does matter whose fault it its because they should be held respsonsible and should give money to others if they want them to help out.

No African will stop wanting his/her nation to not use the tons of fossil fuels resources if they are poor.

Or ARE YOU REALLY suggesting Africans should starve to death and not explore their fuels?

The west cannot claim to be superiour humans esp when they are not. They have no right to tell others what to do.

 

[Robert]

Appreciate the info, I agree there is serious issues with our climate but it doesnt help when nations are using weather machines for rainfall eg, we dont have the data to understand how this is damaging or helping. Pakistan has seen huge floods too with so many glaciers melting its a scary future.

It does matter whose fault it its because they should be held respsonsible and should give money to others if they want them to help out.

No African will stop wanting his/her nation to not use the tons of fossil fuels resources if they are poor.

Or ARE YOU REALLY suggesting Africans should starve to death and not explore their fuels?

The west cannot claim to be superiour humans esp when they are not. They have no right to tell others what to do.

Hmm, fair point - the biggest polluters and emitters are USA, China and India. They should bear the heaviest burden.

Of course I am not suggesting Africans should starve. How can you even suggest that of me?

I have visited several African nations and seen the people smiling and bearing up under crushing poverty. I always shout for their teams in the FIFA World Cup as I want to see them have something good.

But they don’t have to burn oil, they can obtain the cheap power to get their economies running from the Sun, and the coastal states from tidal power and offshore wind, and other nations from geothermal and energy-from-waste (EFW).

It was horrible to see the vast rubbish tip in The Gambia, poisoning the water table because they have no capacity to recycle. If they had a small EFW incinerator they could clear that up and generate cheap power. Then the ash produced can be recycled into roads and foundations. It’s just affording the startup cost….

But here in the UK we have to make far more effort. Where I live the landfills are being emptied and turned back into moorland habitats, but it will take decades to get the toxic chemicals out of the land. We don’t have enough EFW capacity and are still exporting waste to landfill in Malaysia for example. Heartbreaking.

We used to have a deal where we sent shredded wood waste to a certain Swedish furniture company but since Brexit it got too expensive to export so we incinerate it instead of recycling it.

There is a huge amount more that we can do and Greta is right that we are not moving anywhere near fast enough.

 

[MenInG]

Greta Thunberg has been twice detained at protests in Oslo over an onshore wind farm which she and activists say hinders the rights of the Sami indigenous people to raise reindeer in Arctic Norway.

The 20-year-old Swedish environmental campaigner and hundreds of other demonstrators say a transition to green energy should not come at the expense of indigenous rights and have been demanding the removal of 151 wind turbines from land used by Sami herders

 

[Robert]

Greta Thunberg has been twice detained at protests in Oslo over an onshore wind farm which she and activists say hinders the rights of the Sami indigenous people to raise reindeer in Arctic Norway.

The 20-year-old Swedish environmental campaigner and hundreds of other demonstrators say a transition to green energy should not come at the expense of indigenous rights and have been demanding the removal of 151 wind turbines from land used by Sami herders

Greta will learn not to let the perfect be the enemy of the good.

 

[GLORY OF '92]

The most annoying woman in the world by a long shot.

 

[sweep_shot]

The most annoying woman in the world by a long shot.

She is definitely one of the annoying ones.

I think she is on par with Malala and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in terms of being annoying.

 

[WicketLord]

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has been charged with disobeying a police order to leave a protest at a busy port in Sweden, months after she was convicted of a similar offence.
She was fined in July for refusing to leave a protest on a road for oil transport from Malmo harbour.
After the verdict, Ms Thunberg and other activists returned to the port and were again removed by police.
Her second trial is scheduled for 27 September.

In a statement, Swedish prosecutor Isabel Ekberg said the demonstration on 24 July had not been authorised and had disrupted traffic.
Ms Thunberg was demonstrating at the port in southern Sweden alongside the group Reclaim the Future. They attempted to prevent traffic from getting in and out, in order to protest the use of fossil fuels.

The protest took place hours after Ms Thunberg had been convicted and fined 2,500 Swedish Krona (£180; $224) for a protest in the same port on 19 June.

Greta Thunberg charged after blocking Sweden oil port for second time

The climate activist refused to end the protest, hours after being convicted of a similar offence.

www.bbc.com

 

[FearlessRoar]

Greta Thunberg has been charged with a public order offence after she was arrested while taking part in a protest against a conference in London described as the Oscars of oil.

The Swedish environmental campaigner, 20, was one of 29 arrested during a protest trying to stop delegates entering the Energy Intelligence Forum at the InterContinental Park Lane in Mayfair, central London.

According to the Metropolitan police, she was charged with “failing to comply with a condition imposed under section 14 of the Public Order Act. Police had demanded protesters move from the road on to the pavement.

Twenty-six others were also charged with various alleged offences relating to the protest.

Source: Guardian

 

[BouncerGuy]

Greta Thunberg joins aid ship sailing to Gaza aimed at breaking Israel’s blockade

The climate campaigner Greta Thunberg and 11 other activists have set sail for Gaza on a ship aimed at “breaking Israel’s siege” of the devastated territory, organisers have said.

The sailing boat Madleen – operated by the activist group Freedom Flotilla Coalition – departed from the port of Catania in Sicily, southern Italy, on Sunday.

It would try to reach the shores of the Gaza Strip to bring in some aid and raise “international awareness” of the continuing humanitarian crisis, the activists said at a press conference on Sunday, before the vessel departed.

“We are doing this because, no matter what odds we are against, we have to keep trying,” Thunberg said, bursting into tears during her speech.

“Because the moment we stop trying is when we lose our humanity. And, no matter how dangerous this mission is, it’s not even near as dangerous as the silence of the entire world in the face of the livestreamed genocide.”

Israel has vehemently rejected allegations of genocide.

In mid-May, Israel slightly eased its blockade of Gaza after nearly three months, allowing a limited amount of humanitarian aid into the territory, but experts have warned that Gaza is at risk of famine if more aid is not brought in.

UN agencies and major aid groups say Israeli restrictions, the breakdown of law and order, and widespread looting make it extremely difficult to deliver aid to Gaza’s roughly 2 million Palestinians.

Among those joining the crew of the Madleen are the Game of Thrones actor Liam Cunningham and Rima Hassan, a French member of the European parliament who is of Palestinian descent; she has been barred from entering Israel due to her active opposition to the Israeli assault on Gaza.

The activists expect to take seven days to get to their destination, if they are not stopped.

Thunberg, who became an internationally famous climate activist after organising massive protests in her native Sweden, had been due to board a previous Freedom Flotilla ship last month. That attempt to reach Gaza by sea in early May failed after another of the group’s vessels, the Conscience, was allegedly attacked by two drones while sailing in international waters off the coast of Malta.

The group blamed Israel for the attack, which damaged the front section of the ship, in the latest confrontation over efforts to send assistance to the Palestinian territory devastated by nearly 19 months of war.

“We are breaking the siege of Gaza by sea, but that’s part of a broader strategy of mobilisations that will also attempt to break the siege by land,” said the activist Thiago Ávila.

Ávila cited the Global March to Gaza – an international initiative also open to doctors, lawyers and media – which is due to leave Egypt and reach the Rafah crossing in mid-June. Organisers plan to stage a protest there, demanding that Israel stop the Gaza offensive and reopen the border.

Greta Thunberg joins aid ship sailing to Gaza aimed at breaking Israel’s blockade

Game of Thrones actor Liam Cunningham also on Freedom Flotilla voyage to deliver aid to devastated territory

www.theguardian.com

 

[BouncerGuy]

Gaza-bound aid boat with Greta Thunberg on board arrives in Israel after its seizure

A Gaza-bound aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg and other activists arrived at an Israeli port Monday after Israeli forces stopped and detained them — enforcing a longstanding blockade of the Palestinian territory that has been tightened during the Israel-Hamas war.

The boat, accompanied by Israel’s navy, arrived in Ashdod in the evening, according to Israel’s Foreign Ministry. It published a photo on social media of Thunberg after disembarking.

The 12 activists were undergoing medical checks to ensure they are in good health, the ministry said. They were expected to be held at a detention facility in Ramle before being deported, according to Adalah, a legal rights group representing them.

The activists had set out to protest Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, which is among the deadliest and most destructive since World War II, and its restrictions on the entry of humanitarian aid. Both have put the territory of around 2 million Palestinians at risk of famine.

The Freedom Flotilla Coalition, which organized the voyage, said the activists were “kidnapped by Israeli forces” while trying to deliver desperately needed aid.

“The ship was unlawfully boarded, its unarmed civilian crew abducted and its life-saving cargo — including baby formula, food and medical supplies — confiscated,” it said in a statement.

Gaza-bound aid boat with Greta Thunberg on board arrives in Israel after its seizure

The activists had set out to protest Israel’s ongoing military campaign in the Gaza Strip, which is among the deadliest and most destructive since World War II, and its restrictions on the entry of aid.

apnews.com

 

[BouncerGuy]

Greta Thunberg deported, Israel says, after Gaza aid boat intercepted

Israel says it has begun to deport 12 pro-Palestinian activists, including Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg, whose Gaza-bound aid boat was seized by Israeli forces in the Mediterranean on Monday.

The Israeli foreign ministry said Thunberg departed Tel Aviv on Tuesday morning on a flight to France after she agreed to be deported.

But France said five of the six French activists had refused to sign their deportation orders and would now be brought before an Israeli judicial authority.

Their yacht, the Madleen, was intercepted while they tried to deliver a "symbolic" amount of aid to Gaza in defiance of Israel's naval blockade to highlight the humanitarian crisis there.

The Israeli foreign ministry dismissed it as a "selfie yacht", and announced on Monday night that the activists had been transferred to Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion airport following their arrival at the port of Ashdod on Monday night.

"Those who refuse to sign deportation documents and leave Israel will be brought before a judicial authority, in accordance with Israeli law, to authorize their deportation," it said in a post on X.

On Tuesday morning, the ministry said Greta Thunberg had "just departed Israel on a flight to Sweden (via France)", and posted a photo of her sitting on a plane.

France's Foreign Minister, Jean-Noel Barrot, earlier wrote on X: "Our consul was able to see the six French nationals arrested by the Israeli authorities last night."

"One of them has agreed to leave voluntarily and should return today. The other five will be subject to forced deportation proceedings."

Barrot did not identify them, but the six French citizens include MEP Rima Hassan and Al Jazeera journalist Omar Faiad.

As well as France and Sweden, citizens of Brazil, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain and Turkey were on board the Madleen.

The Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC), the activist group operating the yacht, said in a statement on Monday night that it expected any of the passengers who refused the deportation orders to be transferred to Ramle prison, near Tel Aviv.

"We continue to demand the immediate release of all volunteers and the return of the stolen aid. Their kidnapping is unlawful and a violation of international law," it added.

The FFC said the Madleen was carrying baby formula, food, medicine.

The boat set sail from Italy on 1 June to raise awareness of starvation conditions in Gaza and deliver aid.

Israel says its blockade on Gaza is necessary to prevent weapons from reaching Hamas fighters there.

On Sunday, Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz warned that Israel would act against any attempt to breach the blockade.

The FFC has argued that the sea blockade is illegal, characterising Katz's statement as an example of Israel threatening the unlawful use of force against civilians and "attempting to justify that violence with smears".

In 2010, Israeli commandos killed 10 Turkish activists when they boarded the Turkish ship Mavi Marmara, which was leading an aid flotilla towards Gaza.

Israel recently began to allow limited aid into Gaza after a three-month land blockade, prioritising distribution through the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which is backed by Israel and the US but widely condemned by humanitarian groups.

In a post on X early on Monday, the Israeli foreign ministry said: "While Greta and others attempted to stage a media provocation whose sole purpose was to gain publicity – and which included less than a single truckload of aid – more than 1,200 aid trucks have entered Gaza from Israel within the past two weeks, and in addition, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has distributed close to 11 million meals directly to civilians in Gaza.

"There are ways to deliver aid to the Gaza Strip – they do not involve Instagram selfies."

It is 20 months since Israel launched a military campaign in Gaza in response to the unprecedented Hamas-led cross-border attack on Israel on 7 October 2023, in which about 1,200 people were killed and 251 others were taken hostage.

At least 54,880 people have been killed in Gaza since, according to the territory's Hamas-run health ministry.

BBC

 

[Rajdeep]

Israel releases photo of Greta Thunberg being deported after Gaza aid boat seized​

The 22-year-old climate campaigner was one of a dozen people aboard the British-flagged yacht Madleen, which set sail from Sicily on 1 May on a mission aiming to break Israel's sea blockade of Gaza.

Israel's foreign ministry confirmed it had seized the vessel and brought it to shore on Monday, saying the passengers were "undergoing medical examinations to ensure they are in good health".

In a post on X, the ministry shared a photo of Thunberg on a plane and said she was flying to Sweden via France.

Adalah, a legal rights group in Israel representing the 12 Madleen passengers, said Thunberg, two other activists and a journalist had agreed to be deported and leave Israel.

MSN

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[Cricket Warrior]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1932183172508524633

 

[sweep_shot]

Greta has been very classy regarding Palestinian cause. Respect.

 

[BouncerGuy]

Greta has been very classy regarding Palestinian cause. Respect.

Wait for some people to classify u as an extremist now...i think they already did many times before,... LOL

 

[sweep_shot]

Wait for some people to classify u as an extremist now...i think they already did many times before,... LOL

Yes. Sanghis call me Islamist, extremist etc. They want everyone to be like Tarek Fatah I guess.

It's okay. I don't read 99.99% of the stuff they write. Their insults don't reach me.

As for Greta, she showed great gut. She risked her life to reach Gaza. Very brave young lady.

I used to criticize her for her climate change antics. But, she has definitely earned my respect with her Gaza position.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Yes. Sanghis call me Islamist, extremist etc. They want everyone to be like Tarek Fatah I guess.

It's okay. I don't read 99.99% of the stuff they write. Their insults don't reach me.

As for Greta, she showed great gut. She risked her life to reach Gaza. Very brave young lady.

I used to criticize her for her climate change antics. But, she has definitely earned my respect with her Gaza position.

Are you not an Islamist?

 

[KingKhanWC]

Ive changed my mind about this young girl.

This young white European lady has more courage and intelligence than 99% of the world.

I hope she stays safe as she is now a huge voice for Palestine, as she will always be in the news.