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Swedish schoolgirl Greta Thunberg has launched a global climate strike and then threw a rant at the podium of the General Assembly. Combating global warming is becoming a big political and business project. Behind one unhappy girl, and this is a diagnosis, there are powerful PR specialists, profiteers, and politicians from around the world. The US Democratic Party is writing a Green New Deal. And it's very popular. This project makes socialists flinch and wonder if it's legit. Financial companies have declared a Green Marshall Plan. President Macron demands that transport companies stop using the Northern Sea Route. This is...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (Reuters) - Hundreds of people gathered in Iowa City on Friday to watch teenage activist Greta Thunberg speak at a rally to demand that political leaders and institutions take urgent action to combat climate change. Demonstrators, including many young activists, held signs that read “If you breathe the air you should care” and “Science not silence” as they waited for the young Swede to take the stage on the campus of the University of Iowa. “I am more than excited,” said Iowa City resident Philinise Hamlin, 41. “Change doesn’t start until we put our foot forward and...