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Greta Thunberg: Climate change 'as urgent' as coronavirus
BBC "News" ^ | June 20, 2020 | By Justin Rowlatt

Posted on 06/20/2020 3:34:16 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

Greta Thunberg says the world needs to learn the lessons of coronavirus and treat climate change with similar urgency.

That means the world acting "with necessary force", the Swedish climate activist says in an exclusive interview with BBC News.

She doesn't think any "green recovery plan" will solve the crisis alone.

And she says the world is now passing a "social tipping point" on climate and issues such as Black Lives Matter.

"People are starting to realise that we cannot keep looking away from these things", says Ms Thunberg, "we cannot keep sweeping these injustices under the carpet".

She says lockdown has given her time to relax and reflect away from the public gaze.

The teenager believes the only way to avoid a climate crisis is to tear up contracts and abandon existing deals and agreements that companies and countries have signed up to.

"The climate and ecological crisis cannot be solved within today's political and economic systems", the Swedish climate activist argues. "That isn't an opinion. That's a fact."

She is shocked by the carbon-intensive lifestyles she saw in the US. "Apart from a few wind power plants and solar panels," she says, "there are no signs whatsoever of any sustainable transition, despite this being the richest country in the world."

Yet Greta Thunberg says she has been inspired by the way people have been responding to these injustices, particularly the Black Lives Matter protests following the death of George Floyd in May.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: globalwarming; hoax; propaganda; socialism; sonoturgentthen
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Greta, your 15 minutes are up.


21 posted on 06/20/2020 4:31:49 AM PDT by sasquatch
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Maybe Greta will tell us how to cure the China virus now.


22 posted on 06/20/2020 4:33:30 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie ( Stop the fearmongering! Post flu statistics along side COVID-19 statistics!)
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To: billyboy15
No one is so “over” as someone who is and doesn’t know it.

Cindy Sheehan comes to mind.

23 posted on 06/20/2020 4:33:54 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Levy78; All

Surely she is touched by the gods. How else could a child be filled with such wisdom?
Greta is a portal through which Gaia speaks to us. This Oracle for our age must be enthroned in a majestic wondrous temple from which to utter her deep truths.
When will we ever learn to hear the miraculous understanding of this magnificent child? She has warned us: “HOW DARE WE” refuse to obey! Listen, the earth speaks.


24 posted on 06/20/2020 4:35:01 AM PDT by Louis Foxwell (A deep and terrible ignorance born of abject corruption is required to hate our president.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

It’s amazing how these egomaniacs just cant stand not having their face/name in the news. Fauci is beside himself now that he has finally been discovered to be a windbag. Now we have to see Angry Girl again. I so dont miss watching the news anymore. I took Rush’s advice and have turned it all off. Really havent watched news for about a month. I get my news here and from OAN.


25 posted on 06/20/2020 4:39:52 AM PDT by southernindymom ( IT)
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To: MAGAthon

four “journos” to write this drivel. of course, the police were on the side of the “climate” protesters:

20 Jun: The Age, Australia: Cops ‘pleased’ as climate protesters avoid hefty coronavirus fines
By Simone Fox Koob and David Estcourt; With Michael Fowler, Rachel Eddie
Stopping traffic in short bursts and gathered in groups of no more than 20, the “socially distanced” climate change rally saw just a few of fines handed out to CBD demonstrators on Saturday.
With the number of coronavirus cases ***surging in Victoria, organisers kept their distance with police saying they were “generally pleased with the behaviour of most of the attendees”.
Even before the latest figures showed another spike in coronavirus cases, experts were worried the state could be at the “tipping point” of a second wave of infections...

In total three demonstrators were arrested, quickly released and fined $330 each for failing to obey traffic directions given by a police officer...
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/about-300-people-to-take-part-in-climate-rally-amid-coronavirus-fears-20200620-p554iq.html

***Australia has had a mere 102 covid deaths, the number hasn’t increased in weeks. yet we have multiple States & Territoris still refusing to open their borders to the rest of Australia! why is Australia following exactly the same lockdown script as countries with tens of thousands of deaths?

18 Jun: Zero Hedge: What Spike? Hospitalization Data Show No Indication Of A Second Wave
by Tyler Durden
Authored by Stephen Miller via The American Institute for Economic Research
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/what-spike-hospitalization-data-show-no-indication-second-wave


26 posted on 06/20/2020 4:41:36 AM PDT by MAGAthon
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To: MrDaddyLongLegs

Could she please go lecture China on their polluting and non-green ways, and keep the USA out of her mouth?


27 posted on 06/20/2020 4:53:37 AM PDT by Cecily
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Oh, right. She exists.


28 posted on 06/20/2020 5:02:23 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Having a good memory means you never have to think of anything original to say.)
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To: HighSierra5
“ Never heard of her.” ********** Poor Greta; she’s had her fifteen minutes of fame. Events paased her by and she didn’t even notice. 😂
29 posted on 06/20/2020 5:07:41 AM PDT by snoringbear (,W,E.oGovernment is the Pimp,)
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To: Tax-chick

spooky stuff on the World Economic Forum’s “The Great Re-Set”. claim vaccines involved in 14 of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) etc.
note all the speakers...while they pretend to be for “diversity” and “social inclusion” etc.
this is the globalist nightmare only Trump can hold at bay.:

Youtube: 22m04s: 8 Jun: The Great Reset Plan Revealed How COVID Ushers In The New World Order
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a68QEgwGCW4


30 posted on 06/20/2020 5:08:31 AM PDT by MAGAthon
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Little GOON Greta enters stage right and speaks: Climate change "as urgent" as coronavirus.

Everyone looks her way and then shouts: STFU!

31 posted on 06/20/2020 5:08:37 AM PDT by VideoDoctor
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To: Tennessee Nana

A resident of CHAZ and self-proclaimed dimwit.


32 posted on 06/20/2020 5:11:35 AM PDT by abbastanza
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Greta who? Your 10 minutes are up sweetheart. I suggest you start looking for a real job.


33 posted on 06/20/2020 5:12:33 AM PDT by ThunderSleeps
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Please pay attention to me! Waaaaaaa!


34 posted on 06/20/2020 5:13:48 AM PDT by ArcadeQuarters (Socialism requires slavery.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Dear Sweet Greta,

You are much smarter than the rest of us. I will just bet you even burped yourself and changed your own diapers. Well darling, it's time to change that diaper again. You're starting to stink. You know, really, really stink.

35 posted on 06/20/2020 5:20:47 AM PDT by scottiemom (As a retired Texas public school teacher, I highly recommend private school.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Me, me, me. What about me?


36 posted on 06/20/2020 6:05:07 AM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s........you weren't really there)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Me, me, me. What about me?


37 posted on 06/20/2020 6:05:08 AM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s........you weren't really there)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

She is stuck on stupid, literally.


38 posted on 06/20/2020 6:15:01 AM PDT by cranked
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To: ThunderSleeps

“Greta who? Your 10 minutes are up sweetheart. I suggest you start looking for a real job”

This special needs child still has two if not three years of high school left. After that she will be on the Soros payroll for life.


39 posted on 06/20/2020 6:18:44 AM PDT by DAC21
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To: VRW Conspirator

That’s enough little girl! Go stand in the corner until you grow up, get a job, have a family, pay the bills (including taxes), learn the value of oil, etc, etc...


40 posted on 06/20/2020 6:19:51 AM PDT by hdstmf
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