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Greta Thunberg Calls Out 'Green Colonialism' in Norwegian Wind Farm Project
Tuesday, February 28, 2023 - 7:54am | 335Read More...Greta Thunberg and indigenous activists in Norway are voicing their opposition to the construction of wind farms in a region of the Scandinavian country. What Happened: The 20-year-old Swedish activist and her allies are terming the wind farm in Folsen, Norway as “green colonialism,”...
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Greta Thunberg Released By German Police After Brief Detention Over Coal Mine Protest
Tuesday, January 17, 2023 - 8:56pm | 315Read More...Environmental activist Greta Thunberg has been released by police in Germany after a brief detention. What Happened: Thunberg, 20, was detained during a protest at the open cast coal mine of Garzweiler 2 near the village of Luetzerath, Germany, reported Reuters. She was reportedly released after an...
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Fintech Focus For February 8, 2021
Sunday, February 7, 2021 - 8:25pm | 2192Read More...Quote To Start The Day: Excessive determinism is almost always the biggest enemy of stability. This seeming contradiction is behind the concept of metastability which captures the mode of market functioning in the last years. Metastability is what seems stable, but is not — a stable waiting...
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Greta Thunberg Among Europe's 30 Under 30 Forbes List
Wednesday, March 18, 2020 - 6:15am | 715Read More...The list of “30 under 30 Europe” honoring young people in 10 categories was released on Tuesday by Forbes. The 30 chosen young people highlight “the young, visionary leaders reinventing business and society.” The individuals come from 32 countries in Europe and were selected...
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How Climate Change Will Drive A Fundamental Reshaping of Finance
Sunday, February 16, 2020 - 4:50pm | 895Read More...Extreme weather conditions and natural disasters have swept through the world this year. From bushfires in Australia to flooding in the U.K., the climate catastrophe is pushing sustainable investing to the forefront. BlackRock (NYSE: BLK) CEO Larry Fink said concerns about climate change will drive...
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Commentary: Davos 2020 Is About Supply Chains, Disguised As Climate Change
Tuesday, January 21, 2020 - 4:24pm | 827Read More...The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates. The World Economic Forum (WEF) is hosting its annual conference for global academic, business, policy and political leaders beginning today, January 21, through...
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Where Are They Now? A Review Of Every Time Person Of The Year This Decade
Wednesday, December 11, 2019 - 5:04pm | 769Read More...Every year, Time recognizes one person, group of people or an inanimate object that influenced the course of the year, for better or worse. Someone has filled each slot since 1927. This year, teen climate activist Greta Thunberg joined a list that includes Bill Gates, the computer, Richard...
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Teenage Climate Change Activist Greta Thunberg Named Time's 2019 Person Of The Year
Wednesday, December 11, 2019 - 9:34am | 365Read More...Time Magazine has named Greta Thunberg, the Swedish 16-year-old who scolded the United Nations and led a generational climate movement, as its 2019 Person of the Year. “Meaningful change rarely happens without the galvanizing force of influential individuals, and in 2019, the earth’s...
