{"id":1359097,"date":"2022-03-04T17:07:49","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T22:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1359097"},"modified":"2022-03-04T17:07:54","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T22:07:54","slug":"greta-thunbergs-group-launches-protest-against-russian-invasion-of-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/greta-thunbergs-group-launches-protest-against-russian-invasion-of-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Greta Thunberg\u2019s Group Launches Protest Against Russian Invasion of Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgreta-thunbergs-group-launches-protest-against-russian-invasion-of-ukraine%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1359097&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Greta-Thunberg-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\"><span>Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg\u2019s group Fridays for Future on Thursday launched a series of rallies to protest Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine. The group said it plans to hold events in over 40 cities around the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">School strike week 185. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FridaysForFuture?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FridaysForFuture<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ClimateStrike?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ClimateStrike<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PeopleNotProfit?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PeopleNotProfit<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StandWithUkraine?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StandWithUkraine<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/a0EVWg68eJ\">pic.twitter.com\/a0EVWg68eJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GretaThunberg\/status\/1499765584761962496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>Fridays for Future specializes in \u201cyouth strikes\u201d that involve students marching out of their classrooms to demand action on their climate change agenda. The same technique will evidently be used for the protests against Russia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe are running a demonstration at 12 p.m., in the middle of the day, because the lives of the Ukrainian people have been stopped, not by their choice. We also want to stop our lives in solidarity with them,\u201d a Fridays for Future activist student in Warsaw told <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/greta-thunbergs-climate-activist-group-to-launch-protests-over-russian-invasion-of-ukraine-204257333.html\"><span>Yahoo News<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cUkrainian voices, refugee voices, will be leading that demonstration, and we as Fridays will be just the host, providing logistics to make it happen,\u201d the student said, referring to the large number of Ukrainian refugees who have crossed the border into Poland during the Russian attack.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>Fridays for Future rallies have been planned in Germany, Portugal, Italy, and Nigeria, and the group says it might change the global climate protest they planned for March 25 to focus on the Russian invasion instead.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Thunberg and her group are studiously oblivious to the effect climate activism has had on regional politics by throttling European energy production and boosting the value of Russia\u2019s oil. At best, comments from the group to Yahoo and other outlets indicated they think Russia\u2019s economic leverage <\/span><span>supports <\/span><span>their cause because the world can only neutralize it by completely abandoning fossil fuels.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/business\/news\/russia-ukraine-energy-europe-sanctions-b2023180.html\"><span>UK <\/span><i><span>Independent<\/span><\/i><\/a> <span>on Friday quoted economists who echoed that line, unironically saluting Thunberg as \u201cmore effective than any Western sanctions\u201d because climate activists can supposedly bankrupt the oil-rich Russian tyranny by re-primitivizing the Western world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWhat can Europe do now about its energy dependency? If they\u2019d done what we\u2019d said in 2014, Russia wouldn\u2019t have the strength it has today. If Germany had reconsidered its approach to nuclear power, for instance. Russia\u2019s making billions. Every time people in Europe turn on their heating, Russia\u2019s making money,\u201d said Renaissance Capital chief economist Charlie Robertson, having evidently given little thought to what happens when people in Europe do not heat their homes during the winter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Europe\u2019s fantastically expensive efforts to follow climate alarmist advice and switch over to \u201cgreen energy\u201d have been a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/torontosun.com\/opinion\/columnists\/goldstein-europes-green-energy-disaster-a-warning-for-canadians\"><span>spectacular disaster<\/span><\/a><span> during high-demand periods, such as freezing cold winter months. One reason Russia has so much leverage right now is that Europeans spent the last months of 2021 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/energy-environment\/opinion\/europes-winter-of-discontent-the-cost-of-sluggish-energy-transition\/\"><span>scrambling<\/span><\/a><span> to buy oil and gas to \u201cpick up the slack\u201d from underperforming \u201cgreen energy\u201d networks, pushing energy prices to record highs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As for nuclear power, the climate change movement remains largely <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/fact-check-is-nuclear-energy-good-for-the-climate\/a-59853315\"><span>opposed<\/span><\/a><span> to it, convinced that nuclear plants are dangerous and generate too many greenhouse gasses. Thunberg herself demanded Europe abandon all plans to finance nuclear plants, but the European Commission <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelshellenberger.substack.com\/p\/why-gretas-climate-panic-failed?s=r\"><span>rejected<\/span><\/a><span> her demands in December and classified nuclear power as \u201csustainable energy.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/markets\/europe\/top-wrap-1-europes-largest-nuclear-power-plant-fire-after-russian-attack-mayor-2022-03-04\/\"><span>hair-raising battles<\/span><\/a><span> fought near Ukrainian nuclear plants, including the infamous Chernobyl site, will not help to alleviate safety concerns. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg\u2019s group Fridays for Future on Thursday launched a series of rallies to protest Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine. 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