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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsObama meets with teen climate activist Greta Thunberg: 'You and me, we're a team'
By Paul LeBlanc, CNN
Updated at 7:06 PM ET, Tue September
Obama meets with teen climate activist Greta Thunberg: 'You and me, we're a team'
By Paul LeBlanc, CNN
Updated at 7:06 PM ET, Tue September 17, 2019
This teen activist has a message for Trump
This teen activist has a message for Trump 00:45
Washington (CNN) Former President Barack Obama on Monday met with Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg as part of her visit to Washington, DC, to promote environmental issues.
"Just 16, @GretaThunberg is already one of our planet's greatest advocates," Obama tweeted after his meeting with Thunberg. "Recognizing that her generation will bear the brunt of climate change, she's unafraid to push for real action."
Thunberg established herself as a bona fide climate action figure after staging weekly sit-ins outside the Swedish Parliament, spawning a burgeoning movement of youth climate activists to hold their own protests in more than 100 cities worldwide.
Read more at https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/17/politics/barack-obama-greta-thunberg-climate-change/index.html
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Obama meets with teen climate activist Greta Thunberg: 'You and me, we're a team' (Original Post)
Lady Freedom Returns
Sep 2019
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Ron Green
(9,822 posts)1. Good for him. Would've liked the WH to follow this lead
about 10 years ago.
samnsara
(17,604 posts)2. shes so tiny next to him..now i admire her physical strength even more!
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)3. K & R!