Tag: #GretaThunberg
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Jane Fonda under arrest again
Washington, Nov 2 (AFP/APP): Hollywood legend and activist Jane Fonda was arrested Friday in Washington protesting politicians’ failure to address climate change. “This time, I may be detained overnight and that’s fine for one night, big deal!” Fonda joked to reporters, noting that this was not her first arrest as police put plastic wire around…
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Hundreds of thousands join children’s climate strikes in Europe
Rome, Sept 27 (AFP/APP):Hundreds of thousands of youths demonstrated across European cities on Friday in the second in a global series of protests to avert a climate catastrophe. Waving signs and yelling slogans, schoolchildren and students in Italian cities were among those joining the latest “Friday for Future” rallies. Organisers said 200,000 people joined a…
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From the streets to the summit: young climate leaders mobilize at UN
United Nations, United States, Sept 21 (AFP/APP):A day after youth-led global climate strikes, several hundred young activists including Greta Thunberg gathered for a climate summit at the United Nations on Saturday, hitting out at older generations for doing too little to curb carbon emissions. The UN has invited 500 young activists and entrepreneurs to take…