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Companies such as Google and Facebook appear to be aiding and abetting a vicious government campaign against Indian environmental campaignersRepublished with permission from The InterceptThe bank of cameras camped outside Delhi’s sprawling Tihar jail was the sort of media frenzy you would expect to await a prime minister caught in an embezzlement scandal, or a Bollywood star caught in the wrong bed. Instead, the...

Disha Ravi charged with sedition, accused editing document on how to support India’s farmers that was tweeted by Swedish climate activistIndian police have charged a 22-year-old climate activist with sedition over accusations she edited and circulated a document tweeted by climate activist Greta Thunberg relating to India’s ongoing farmer protests.Swedish climate activist Thunberg tweeted her backing this month for the farmers, who have been...

Celebrity interventions inflame sentiments in India as police investigate pro-farmers toolkitCounter-protesters in Delhi have burned effigies of the Swedish environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg after she tweeted support for India’s protesting farmers in posts that have prompted an investigation by Indian police.Crowds gathered in Delhi to protest against several international celebrities including Thunberg and the pop singer Rihanna, who inflamed sentiments in India and angered...

Illustration of activist is part of a series highlighting government’s environmental quality goalsThe environmental activist Greta Thunberg has been featured on a new Swedish postage stamp, in recognition of her work to “preserve Sweden’s unique nature for future generations”.Thunberg, who turned 18 on 3 January, is pictured standing on a rocky cliff top wearing a yellow raincoat, with swifts flying around her, as part...

The Dalai Lama met climate activist Greta Thunberg virtually on Saturday.The Tibetan spiritual leader said: 'I heard this young girl from Sweden. I really felt: Oh, there is real hope from our younger generation who really thinking this environment and these things.'During their conversation, Thunberg said she had heard a call to action and urged people to educate themselves on climate issues.'If I could...

Environmental activist says she has stopped buying new clothes but will not criticise those who fly or have childrenThe environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg says she has stopped buying new clothes and holds no grudges against people who fly.In an interview to mark her 18th birthday, the Swedish activist offered a relaxed view when asked about celebrities who trumpet their environmental awareness yet contribute to...

Prime minister says New Zealand is doing more than activist suggests after Thunberg tweets about ‘so-called climate emergency declaration’The prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, has responded to criticism of New Zealand’s climate policies by Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, saying New Zealand is doing more than she might realise.Thunberg retweeted a story critical of the government when it came to climate change and referred to...

Exclusive: Climate striker speaks before UN event marking five years since the Paris accordThe world is speeding in the wrong direction in tackling the climate emergency, Greta Thunberg has said, before a UN event at which national leaders have been asked to increase their pledges for emissions cuts.Thunberg, whose solo school strike in 2018 has snowballed into a global youth movement, said there was...

Vovan and Lexus strike again, urging Canadian prime minister to introduce them to South Park characters Terrance and PhillipRussian comedians Vovan and Lexus have struck again, this time pranking Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau in a phone call during which he believed he was talking to climate change activist Greta Thunberg.Vladimir Kuznetsov and Alexey Stolyarov, who call themselves Vovan and Lexus, released a recording...

Exclusive: Leaders are happy to set targets for decades ahead, but flinch when immediate action is needed, she saysGreta Thunberg has blasted politicians as hypocrites and international climate summits as empty words and greenwash. Until humanity admits it has failed to tackle the climate crisis and begins treating it as an emergency like the coronavirus pandemic, society will be unable to stop global heating,...

European parliament votes to continue payments to farmers with no green conditions attachedGreta Thunberg, the Swedish school strike pioneer and environmental activist, has accused MEPs of surrendering on the climate and environment by voting in favour of a watered-down reform of the EU’s common agricultural policy.The European parliament voted late on Wednesday in favour of proposals put forward by the main political groups that...

Global climate activist pleased with film’s portrayal of her as a ‘shy nerd’ A documentary following Greta Thunberg and her journey from Swedish schoolgirl to global climate activist accurately portrays her as a “shy nerd”, the teenager said as the film premiered at the Venice film festival.Director Nathan Grossman recorded Thunberg’s everyday life for a year, chronicling her rise to fame from the beginning...

Swedish environmental activist says she’s heading back to the classroom after travelling the world, spreading her conservation message Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg has returned to school after a year off campaigning to curb climate change.“My gap year from school is over, and it feels so great to finally be back in school again!” the 17-year-old tweeted, attaching a smiling photo of herself with...

Exclusive: Activist says €750bn fund shows leaders not treating global heating as emergencyGreta Thunberg has accused EU politicians of failing to acknowledge the scale of the climate crisis and said its €750bn Covid-19 recovery plan does not do enough to tackle the issue.The climate campaigner said the package of measures agreed by EU leaders proved that politicians were still not treating climate change as...

Influential climate campaigner says Gulbenkian rights award gave her ‘more money than I can begin to imagine’ Greta Thunberg has been awarded a Portuguese rights award and promptly pledged the €1m ($1.15m) prize to groups working to protect the environment and halt climate change.“That is more money than I can begin to imagine, but all the prize money will be donated, through my foundation,...

As the first young person in China to engage in Greta Thunberg-inspired Fridays for Future climate strikes, Howey Ou says she has become a target for the authorities who see that activism as a challenge to their control.The 17-year-old claims she has been told to ditch her climate activism as a condition for her restarting studies at Guangxi Normal University affiliated high school in Guilin, where...

Climate change campaigner said after UN summit, Angela Merkel queued up for a selfieEnvironmental campaigner Greta Thunberg has hit out at world leaders for wanting to be pictured with her to “look good”.The 17-year-old became a global star thanks to her activism, and gave a powerful speech at the United Nations climate change summit in September in which she told world leaders: “You have...

News Corp columnist accuses Australian Press Council of sabotaging debate and doubles down by repeating slurs about Thunberg’s autism Andrew Bolt’s mocking column about Greta Thunberg, which referred to the young climate campaigner as “deeply disturbed” and “freakishly influential”, breached standards and was likely to cause substantial distress, offence and prejudice, the press watchdog has found.The Australian Press Council ruled that the language in...