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Greta Thunberg

13-Year-Old US Activist Hailed as Glorious 'Threat' to Those Driving Planetary Disaster With Climate Denialism

Young people take part in a school strike for climate in London on February 15, 2019.

'Kicking Ass for Her Generation': Applause for 16-Year-Old Thunberg as EU Chief Pledges $1 Trillion for Climate

Julia Conley, staff writer

"Greta Thunberg, literally changing the world."

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16-Year-Old Greta Thunberg Cheers 'Beginning of Great Changes' as Climate Strike Goes Global

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

Students in Melbourne take part in a school strike for climate on November 30, 2018.

Because "present and future on this planet are at stake," say teen climate...

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'Our Generation Will Suffer': Tens of Thousands of Students From 60+ UK Communities Join Climate Strike

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Youth climate activists in Glasgow

"I've come here to demand that the government address climate change as the...

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'The Climate Is a Disaster': Fourth Week of Student-Led Strike as Tens of Thousands March in Belgium

Demonstrators at the 'March for Climate' rally in the eastern French city of Strasbourg

People Power: 160,000 European Protesters Demand Action on Climate Crisis

Ten Thousand Students March in Berlin as Global #ClimateStrike Movement Rises

Right "To Their Faces," 16-Year-Old Greta Thunberg Tells Davos Elite Climate Crisis Their Fault

'March Now or Swim Later': As Elites Chit-Chat in Davos, Climate Strike Swells With 35,000 Students Marching in Brussels

Greta Thunberg, who ignited global "school strikes for climate," delivers a video address urging those in positions of power to take bold climate action.

Greta Thunberg's Demand to Davos Elite: Act Urgently on Climate for 'Sake of This Beautiful Living Planet"

Demonstrators participate in a protest march over agricultural policy on January 19, 2019 in Berlin, Germany

35,000 Hit Streets of Berlin to Demand Agricultural Revolution

"I'm Sure Dinosaurs Thought They Had Time, Too': Over 12,000 Students Strike in Brussels Demanding Bold Climate Action

Depressed and Then Diagnosed With Autism, Greta Thunberg Explains Why Hope Cannot Save Planet But Bold Climate Action Still Can

'Morally Unacceptable': Final Deal Out of COP24 Sorely Lacking in Urgency and Action, Climate Campaigners Say

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'Stand With People, Not Polluters': As COP24 Concludes, Sit-In Highlights #PeoplesDemands for Ambitious Climate Action

Teenage Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, seeing little hope for a good outcome at COP24, just called for a global climate strike to take place Friday

'Whoever You Are, Wherever You Are, We Need You': 15-Year-Old Greta Thunberg Calls for Global Climate Strike

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Greta Thunberg

In Response to Lies and Hate, Let Me Make Some Things Clear About My Climate Strike

Greta Thunberg

My Message to Davos Elites: Act As If Our House Is on Fire. Because It Is.

Jennifer Morgan

Tackling the Twin Challenges of Climate Change and Inequality

Medea Benjamin

10 Good Things About 2018

Debi Smith

By Accident of Fate: The Fires in Paradise

Andy Rowell

“Since Our Leaders Are Behaving Like Children, We Will Have to Take Responsibility”

Greta Thunberg

I'm Striking From School to Protest Inaction on Climate Change – You Should Too

Kristine Mattis

Eco Crises: Doom & Gloom, Truth & Consequences

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