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Activist Investors and a ‘Greenwashing' Backlash: Change Is Coming to the Corporate World
As the 2020s progress, corporations around the world are attempting to burnish their sustainability credentials by announcing net-zero goals.
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McConnell, Spears, Osaka: Taking a Look at 2021's Most Notable Quotes
A line from a speech given from the U.S. Senate floor before rioters broke into the Capitol on Jan. 6 tops a Yale Law School librarian’s list of the most notable quotes of 2021.
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Don't Be Too Critical on China for Changing Pledge on Coal, EU's Climate Chief Says
Frans Timmermans made his comments during an interview at the European Business Summit in Brussels.
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Who's Going to the COP26 Climate Summit? Meet the Key Players at the UN Talks
Most countries will be represented at the U.N. talks in one way or another, with roughly 25,000 delegates thought to be in Glasgow, Scotland.
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Thunberg Joins Large German Climate Rally Ahead of Election
Tens of thousands of environmental activists have rallied outside Germany’s parliament two days before the country holds a national election and demanded that politicians take stronger action to curb climate change.
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Greta Thunberg to Lead Youth Activists in Global Climate Strikes on Friday
Youth activists are hoping to turn up the heat on governments with the first large-scale international protest against climate change in six months.
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Greta Thunberg Calls Out US Carbon Emissions
Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg testified Thursday at a Congressional committee hearing on the environment and called out the U.S. for being “biggest emitter in history.”
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Greta Thunberg: Subsidizing Fossil Fuels With Taxpayer Money Is a ‘Disgrace'
The 18-year-old testified virtually at the House Oversight Committee hearing on the issue. The hearing took place on the day the Biden administration convened a summit of world leaders to discuss taking action to curb greenhouse gas emissions.
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Greta Thunberg Docuseries Amplifies Her Climate Change Fight
Greta Thunberg took a gap year from high school in 2019 to help spread awareness about climate change, and that journey is documented in her new series “Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World.”
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Greta Thunberg Urges World Leaders to End the ‘Tragedy' of Covid Vaccine Inequity
An average of one-in-four people in high-income nations has received a Covid vaccine, compared to just one in more than 500 for people in low-income countries.
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Greta Thunberg Says She Won't Attend COP26 Summit If ‘Vaccine Nationalism' Continues
Climate activist Greta Thunberg has said she will not attend the high-profile United Nations climate change summit if current vaccination trends continue.
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A Statue of Climate Activist Greta Thunberg Provokes Anger in the UK
Some students at a British university said the statue of climate activist Greta Thunberg was a waste of money.
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Greta Thunberg Is an Activist, Oprah Is a Nurturer: What Does Your Dharma Say About You?
A person’s dharma is their specific purpose in life. Sahara Rose, author of “Discover Your Dharma,” analyzed the dharmas of five celebrities: Oprah Winfrey, Seth Rogan, Cher, Greta Thunberg and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Whose dharma is the closest match to your own?
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Climate Activist Greta Thunberg to Appear on Swedish Postal Stamp
Swedish teenage environmental activist Greta Thunberg will appear on a postal stamp that will be issued Thursday in her native Sweden and is part of a series focusing on the environment
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‘I Am Greta' Gives Fuller Portrait of Teen Climate Activist
A documentary on teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg, making its premiere at the Venice Film Festival, is seeking to remind a world consumed with the coronavirus crisis that the climate crisis is just as urgent and isn’t going away
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Thunberg Has Hope for Climate, Despite Leaders' Inaction
Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg says world leaders queued up to have their picture taken with her last year even as they shied away from acknowledging the scientific facts about global warming
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Teen Activist Greta Thunberg Responds to Cartoon Appearing to Show Her Being Assaulted
Teen climate change activist Greta Thunberg has responded to a graphic cartoon appearing to depict her being sexually assaulted after a wave of social media backlash against a Canadian oil company whose logo appears on the image, NBC News reported. The image appears to show a nude young girl from behind while two hands grab at her braided pigtails. The…
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Climate Activist Thunberg's Award Money Used to Create Foundation
A Swedish organization that gave Greta Thunberg an award that is often described as an alternative Nobel Prize says the teenage climate activist is using her prize money to establish her own foundation.
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Teen Climate Activist Greta Thunberg Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
Two lawmakers in Sweden have nominated Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg for the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize
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Thunberg Brushes Off Mockery From US Finance Chief
Climate activist Greta Thunberg has brushed off criticism and mockery from U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin