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Greta Thunberg Warns Politicans, 'Time To Panic, Why 3 Brexit Mtgs, Notre Dame Thinking'
April 16. Greta Thunberg, teen Swedish climate activist told EU leaders that time is running out to halt climate change and she’s urging European politicians “to panic.” Thunberg told Members of European Parliament today: “I want you to act as if the house is on fire.”
Thunberg emphasized that “if our house was falling apart you wouldn’t hold three emergency Brexit summits and no emergency summit regarding the breakdown of the climate and environment.”
During a speech met with a standing ovation, Thunberg fought back tears as she warned about rapid species extinctions, soil erosion, deforestation and the pollution of oceans.
In a reference to the international funding effort launched to rebuild the fire-ravaged Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, she urged the lawmakers to use “cathedral thinking” to tackle climate change.
~ Pub. April 16, 2019, (13 mins.). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greta_Thunberg
