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Climate strike activists in Edmonton. Image: Paula E. Kirman
Indigenous voices raised at Edmonton climate strike
Paula E. Kirman | Greta Thunberg helps amplify, but is not the true centre of protest.
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Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swedish environmental activist, at the start of a large march through Edmonton yesterday. Image: David J. Climenhaga
Massive Edmonton rally greets eco-activist Greta Thunberg
David J. Climenhaga | It would have been a remarkable accomplishment for any group to summon a throng of the size that enthusiastically greeted 16-year-old Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg in Edmonton.
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Sixteen-year-old Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg in Calgary yesterday. Image: Druh Farrell/Twitter
Gretamania strikes Alberta as activist Greta Thunberg arrives in Calgary
David J. Climenhaga | Sixteen-year-old Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg will lead a lunch-hour march tomorrow from a downtown Edmonton park to the nearby Alberta legislature.
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Greta Thunberg speaks at Fridays for Future protest in Berlin in July 2019. Image: Leonhard Lenz/Wikimedia Commons
We owe Greta and the youth more than a Nobel Prize
David Suzuki | Greta and the young people worldwide urging adults to care about their future don't need awards. They need grown-ups to take them seriously and heed the scientific evidence about global warming.
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Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg. Image: Anders Hellberg/Wikimedia Commons
Kenney government opts for sophomoric tweets to counter visit by Greta Thunberg
David J. Climenhaga | Environmental activist Greta Thunberg appears content to give the Kenney government a few days to work itself into a full-blown swivet before she announces her Alberta itinerary.
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Greta Thunberg. Image: European Parliament/Flickr
Greta Thunberg heads for Wild Rose Country
David J. Climenhaga | At the time this was written, no one in Alberta seems to know when or where Thunberg will arrive.
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Greta Thunberg at the European Parliament. Image: European Parliament/Flickr
Beyond Greta, Desmog Blog takes the next step
| A great tool mapping Greta's attackers.
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Greta Thunberg at the European Parliament. Image: European Parliament/Flickr
'How dare you!' Greta Thunberg castigates world leaders over climate inaction
Duncan Cameron | Hurling words like rocks at world leaders, Greta Thunberg commanded the podium at the UN Climate Action Summit in New York on September 23.
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San Francisco Youth Climate Strike - March 15, 2019. Image: Intothewoods7/Wikimedia Commons
Youth are leading global climate strikes to demand urgent action
Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan | Climate activist Greta Thunberg has sparked a global movement with her "school strike for the climate." The final two Fridays of this month are expected to be some of the largest global protests ever.
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Image: Gary Knight/Flickr
Support the global climate strikes, we owe it to youth
David Suzuki | We must do everything in our power to ensure that future generations have a livable future, with clean air, drinkable water, healthy food, biodiverse life and a stable climate.
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Greta Thunberg at the European Parliament. Image: European Parliament/Flickr
Greta Thunberg picks up the torch from activist Frances Crowe
Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan | The departure of one elder activist on the eve of the arrival of one so young symbolizes, bittersweetly, the passing of a torch.
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Greta Thunberg at European Parliament. Image: European Parliament/Flickr
Stop fiddling while the planet burns
David Suzuki | Some federal and provincial political leaders continue to downplay or deny the reality and severity of climate disruption, loudly opposing proven measures to address it.