Impacts www.nytimes.com Greta Thunberg is taking a holiday break. 'You need to take rest' The Swedish teenager who inspired a global movement is returning home, as admirers and critics weigh in.
Impacts www.nytimes.com Climate change is accelerating: 'Things are getting worse' The acceleration climate change's effects have brought the world “dangerously close” to abrupt and irreversible changes, scientists warned.
Politics www.nytimes.com Teacher put on leave after 'sniper rifle' comment about Greta Thunberg, district says An Iowa school district said it was investigating the teacher’s Facebook comment about a rally led by the young climate activist.
Politics More than 60 countries say they’ll zero out carbon emissions. The catch? They’re not the big emitters Those countries accounted for only 11 percent of global emissions in 2017.
Solutions www.nytimes.com Greta Thunberg, after pointed U.N. speech, faces attacks from the right The young climate activist was widely celebrated after her speech at the United Nations. But critics have said she is being used, and a conservative commentator compared her likeness to Nazi imagery.
A controversial facility that would process plastic waste to be burned in steel mills has been cancelled
Greta Thunberg, after pointed U.N. speech, faces attacks from the right