Climate Protesters and World Leaders: Same Planet, Different Worlds
On Monday, at the United Nations Climate Action Summit, comes a glimpse of how far presidents and prime ministers are willing to go. The United...
Protesting Climate Change, Young People Take to Streets in a Global Strike
Anxious about their future on a hotter planet and angry at world leaders for failing to arrest the crisis, masses of young people poured into...
W.Va. Students Join Millions In Global Climate Strike
More than 150 West Virginia college students and residents skipped class and work on Friday to raise awareness about the growing threat of climate change....
‘Now I Am Speaking to the Whole World.’ How Teen Climate Activist Greta Thunberg Got Everyone to Listen
The world is listening. Organizers estimate that on March 15, a remarkable 1.6 million people in 133 countries participated in a climate strike inspired by Thunberg’s solo...
How a 7th-grader’s strike against climate change exploded into a movement
13-year-old Alexandria Villasenor has, every week since December, the seventh-grader has made a pilgrimage to the United Nations’ headquarters demanding action on climate change. She...
‘The Beginning of Great Change’ / Greta Thunberg hails school climate strikes
The 16-year-old’s lone protest last summer has morphed into a powerful global movement challenging politicians to act.
Teenagers Emerge as a Force in Climate Protests Across Europe
Tens of thousands of children skipped school in Belgium on Thursday to join demonstrations for action against climate change, part of a broader environmental protest...
The ‘Extinction Rebellion’ Wants You to Wake Up
A dispatch from the environmental group’s New York City protest, featuring “die-ins,” Trump Tower and Fifth Avenue glitz.