Tag: Greta Thunberg
Climate activist Greta Thunberg deletes her ‘end of the world’ tweet
Stockholm [Sweden]March 13 (ANI): Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has deleted a tweet she made in 2018 expressing concern that unless fossil fuels are phased out by 2023, climate change will “wipe out the entire human race,” Russia Today reported. In the post, Thunberg quoted a “leading climate scientist” who claimed that if we don’t […]
Greta Thunberg deletes end-of-the-world tweet
The climate campaigner claimed in 2018 that humanity had until this year to prevent its demise Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has deleted a 2018 tweet in which she shared a warning that climate change “will wipe out all of humanity” unless fossil fuels are phased out by 2023. In the tweet, Thunberg quoted a […]
Greta Thunberg taken away by police during demonstration in Oslo
Greta Thunberg has been carried away by police from a demonstration against wind turbines outside the Ministry of Finance in Oslo. In recent days, Sami activists together with the organization Nature and Youth have demonstrated against a wind farm on Sami land. Listen to Ekot’s live broadcast.
Andrew Tate – the self-proclaimed knight of men
Andrew Tate has been called both the internet’s scariest man and the face of male toxicity. He’s a former kickboxer who got kicked out of the reality show Big Brother, ran a webcam business and became a self-help guru to loads of guys and young men around the world. But it was in December that […]
Social media influencer Andrew Tate, brother remains in Romanian police custody until February 27
Bucharest [Romania]January 21 (ANI): Social media influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan Tate will remain in police custody till February 27. This comes as a Romanian court on Friday extended their detention, Tate’s lawyers told CNN affiliate Antena 3. The brothers are currently being investigated over allegations of human trafficking and rape. According to […]
Greta Thunberg arrested in Germany (VIDEO)
The police dragged the Swedish climate activist away from a coal mine demonstration Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was arrested in western Germany on Tuesday. Reporters captured the moment Thunberg was taken away by riot police during a protest against the expansion of a coal mine in Luetzerath, North Rhine-Westphalia. Located between Aachen and Dsseldorf, […]
Greta Thunberg was arrested in Germany
The police dragged the Swedish climate activist away from a coal mine demonstration Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was arrested in western Germany on Tuesday. Reporters captured the moment Thunberg was taken away by riot police during a protest against the expansion of a coal mine in Luetzerath, North Rhine-Westphalia. Located between Aachen and Düsseldorf, […]
Thousands protest in Germany against coal mine expansion
ERKELENZ, Germany – Thousands of people demonstrated in the rain Saturday to protest the clearing and demolition of a village in western Germany to make way for the expansion of a coal mine. There was a scuffle with the police when some protesters tried to reach the edge of the mine and the village itself. […]
Police begin to clear German village condemned for coal mine
LUETZERATH, Germany – Police in riot gear began evicting climate activists Wednesday from a condemned village in western Germany to be demolished for the expansion of a coal mine. Some rocks and fireworks were thrown as police entered the small village of Luetzerath, which has become a flashpoint for debate over the country’s climate efforts, […]
Divisive social media personality Andrew Tate detained for a month in Romania
Bucharest [Romania]December 31 (ANI): A court in Romania ordered a month-long detention of divisive social media personality Andrew Tate and his brother in connection with human trafficking and rape. Tate, his brother Tristan and two others had been detained for the first 24 hours, CNN reported, citing Romania’s Directorate for the Investigation of Organized Crime […]
Online influencer detained on suspicion of human trafficking Reuters
Controversial ?manosphere? Guru Andrew Tate was handcuffed in Romania on Thursday Former British kickboxer and controversial social media star Andrew Tate was arrested in Romania along with his brother Tristan Tate on Thursday. Prosecutors suspect the couple of human trafficking and rape, Reuters has reported. Tate was photographed in handcuffs while being escorted by Romanian […]
Controversial internet personality Andrew Tate was arrested in Romania for human trafficking
Bucharest [Romania]December 30 (ANI): Controversial social media star Andrew Tate was arrested in Romania on Friday along with his brother Tristan Tate for investigation in a human trafficking case, Sports Bible, a British sports-focused social media publisher, reported. According to reports, the Directorate of Investigation of Organized Crime and Terrorism in Bucharest, or DIICOT, was […]
Greta Thunberg is suing Sweden
The eco-activist has joined a class-action lawsuit against the state over its alleged flawed climate policy A group of over 600 Swedish youth, including the environmental activist Greta Thunberg, has sued the country’s government for its insufficient efforts to tackle the climate crisis. On Friday, a demonstration called by the youth organization Aurora marched through […]
Mikael Wiehe – steps off the stage after 60 years
Since he had his big impact with Hoola Bandoola in the 70s, Mikael Wiehe’s life has been characterized by a life of touring with up to a hundred gigs per year. Now he has said goodbye to the audience. The last gig was not particularly emotional. It is only now, a few weeks later, that […]
Screaming protesters disrupt Biden speech
The howling activists demonstrated against fossil fuels as the US president spoke at a climate conference in Egypt US President Joe Biden was interrupted by screaming protesters during a speech at the UN climate conference COP27 in Egypt on Friday. While Biden boasted about his green policies, the protesters demanded an end to the use […]
Screaming protesters interrupt Biden’s speech
The howling activists demonstrated against fossil fuels as the US president spoke at a climate conference in Egypt US President Joe Biden was interrupted by screaming protesters during a speech at the UN climate conference COP27 in Egypt on Friday. While Biden boasted about his green policies, the protesters demanded an end to the use […]
COP27 in Egypt: Cause for hope or doomed to disappoint
Activists have criticized previous UN climate talks, calling them slow, complex and ineffective. As countries around the world fail to meet climate commitments to keep global temperatures below the fateful 2 degrees Celsius, can this year’s COP27 in Egypt rise above the failures of the past – or is it destined to disappoint? For nearly […]
COP27 in Egypt: The core of hope or doomed to despair
Activists have slammed previous UN climate talks, calling them slow, complex and ineffective. As countries around the world fail to meet climate commitments to keep global temperatures below a fateful 2 degrees Celsius, can this year’s COP27 in Egypt rise above its bad rep, or is it destined to disappoint? For nearly thirty years, the […]
Greta Thunberg calls for the downfall of capitalism
The teenage climate activist also blamed “racism” for warming the planet Swedish eco-activist Greta Thunberg has turned her attention to the political arena, calling for the downfall of capitalism, which she claimed is responsible for climate change. The 19-year-old climate campaigner launched his book – ‘The Climate Book’ – in London on Sunday night, telling […]
Greta Thunberg calls on Germany to keep nuclear power plants running
Climate activist has called for reactors to be kept running instead of using more coal-fired power amid Europe’s energy crisis Climate activist Greta Thunberg has given her blessing for Germany to delay plans to shut down its last remaining nuclear power plants at the end of this year, saying the loss of their output amid […]
Greta Thunberg supports the German plan to keep the nuclear power plant running
Climate activist has called for reactors to be kept running instead of using more coal-fired power amid Europe’s energy crisis Climate activist Greta Thunberg has given her blessing for Germany to delay plans to shut down its last remaining nuclear power plants at the end of this year, saying the loss of their output amid […]
Greta Thunberg gives Germany permission to keep nuclear power plants running
Climate activist has called for reactors to be kept running instead of using more coal-fired power amid Europe’s energy crisis Climate activist Greta Thunberg has given her blessing for Germany to delay plans to shut down its last remaining nuclear power plants at the end of this year, saying the loss of their output amid […]
Swedish gene specialist kicks off the Nobel season with a medicine prize
Swedish gene historian Svante Paabo, who sequenced the Neanderthal genome and discovered Denisova, a previously unknown precursor to Homo sapiens, won the Nobel Prize for Medicine on Monday, the first of this year’s awards from the Swedish Academy. Svante Paabo is a paleogeneticist, someone who studies the distant past by examining preserved genetic material. “By […]
German climate activists strive to create friction with blockades
BERLIN – “It’s completely crazy to stay on the road with super glue”, admits Lina Schinkoethe. And yet the 19-year-old recently ended up in prison for doing just that, in protest of what she believes is the German government’s failure to act against climate change. Schinkoethe is part of a group called the Rebellion of […]
See: Greta Thunberg donates prize money to the Sámi Youth Organization
The Finnish Sámi Youth Association (SSN) said it was surprised by the news that a Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg would donate € 30,000 in prize money to the organization. The prize money comes from the prize awarded to Thunberg by the Finnish removal service company Niemi Services Oy. "I am very honored to receive […]
Yle is reviewing the climate change statements of activists, politicians and stakeholders
False news is spreading rapidly and opinions about the climate crisis are often dominated by fact-based statements, so fact-checking can be a useful tool both in educating the general public and in monitoring public figures. Yle has therefore factually reviewed a number of statements on climate change made by politicians, activists, pressure groups and other […]
