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Global Youth-Led Strikes Demand Action on Climate Crisis

HeadlineSep 27, 2019

In climate news, hundreds of thousands of schoolchildren have walked out of classes in cities around the world for the second straight Friday, in the latest round of strikes demanding urgent action on the climate crisis. Today’s climate protests began with marches by tens of thousands of New Zealanders. The strikes were inspired by 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, who’s due to speak to climate strikers in Montreal, Canada, later today.

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