Sweden

Greta Thunberg Declines Nordic Environmental Award, Decrying Chasm Between Climate Science and Climate Action

In European First, Proposed Constitutional Amendment in Sweden Would Enshrine Rights of Nature

Jon Queally, staff writer

"When we're in the beginning of an ecological and climate collapse," said the lawmaker who introduced the measure, "I hope we can re-think our relationship with Nature."

Calling Treatment of Julian Assange 'Psychological Torture,' UN Expert Demands End to US Extradition Attempt

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"I condemn, in the strongest terms, the deliberate, concerted, and sustained...

Pompeo Cheers 'Opportunity' in Arctic From Climate Change as America Blocks Resolution Language

Eoin Higgins, staff writer

The Arctic is melting rapidly. Ice and glaciers are at record low levels in the North Pole.

"The latest data shows that after a month of record temperatures in the Bering...

Pompeo, in Finland, Calls China Claims to Arctic 'Lawlessness'

Ahead of Global #ClimateStrike She Inspired, 16-Year-Old Greta Thunberg Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

Swedish Activist Fined for Viral Live-Streamed Protest Against Deportation of Afghan Asylum Seeker

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

'We Have Not Come Here to Beg World Leaders to Care,' 15-Year-Old Greta Thunberg Tells COP24. 'We Have Come to Let Them Know Change Is Coming'

Teen Climate Activist to Crowd of Thousands: 'We Can't Save the World by Playing by the Rules Because the Rules Have to Change'

'Unprecedented' Heat Wave Fueling Arctic Fires Made More Than Twice as Likely by Climate Change: Analysis

'It Is Not Right to Send People to Hell': Swedish Woman's Plane Protest Stops Deportation of Afghan Refugee

As Wildfires Rage and Heat Records Broken Worldwide, Corporate Media Urged to Cover Climate Crisis' Link to Extreme Weather

Welcome to the 'Second Tier': US Failing Big League on Social Progress

Sweden Drops Investigation of WikiLeaks' Assange, But Threats in US, UK Remain

Eight Countries Join Global Fight Against Trump's Anti-Abortion Move

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Never Forget: Grandson of Auschwitz Commandant Fights For A Nazi-Free Europe

With upcoming elections in a Europe beset by rising neo-Nazism, a new campaign by Swedish Social Democrats against the resurgence has a high-profile leader: Rainer Hoess, 48, the grandson of infamous Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Hoess, who presided over the murder of a million Jews and thousands of others. Hoess has spent years speaking to German schoolchildren about a Nazi influence growing now, as then, because "the social safety nets have been torn, and people are left behind...Hopelessness...