{"id":2283315,"date":"2024-06-25T14:25:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T18:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-been-6-years-since-greta-thunberg-warned-we-have-5-years-to-stop-the-extinction-of-humanity\/"},"modified":"2024-06-25T14:30:13","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T18:30:13","slug":"its-been-6-years-since-greta-thunberg-warned-we-have-5-years-to-stop-the-extinction-of-humanity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-been-6-years-since-greta-thunberg-warned-we-have-5-years-to-stop-the-extinction-of-humanity\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s Been 6 Years Since Greta Thunberg Warned We Have 5 Years to Stop the Extinction of Humanity"},"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\">36<\/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%2Fits-been-6-years-since-greta-thunberg-warned-we-have-5-years-to-stop-the-extinction-of-humanity%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=2283315&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--><p>The \u200darticle discusses a \u2062controversy involving\u2062 Greta Thunberg, a well-known climate activist, who is criticized for a tweet she posted in 2018. In the\u2064 tweet, she cited a Grit Post article that falsely claimed humanity would be wiped out by 2023 unless fossil fuel use \u2063was stopped. The source of this claim was a misinterpretation of a statement by Harvard professor James\u200b Anderson regarding the irreversible impact of climate change on Arctic\u200b ice.<\/p>\n<p>Thunberg&#8217;s tweet, which is now deleted, \u200cwas highlighted by critics to question the credibility of her activism. The Associated Press subsequently defended her, stating she was a \u2062victim of misinformation. The article comments on how Thunberg, diagnosed\u2064 with\u2064 Asperger&#8217;s syndrome and having battled depression, became a &#8220;pawn&#8221; for political agendas due to her youthful prominence\u200d and emotional appeal. It\u2063 condemns the use of such figures in promoting distorted messages and calls for more\u200d accountability in public discourse,\u2062 especially concerning \u2064youthful activists\u2064 like Thunberg. The article \u2062also touches on\u2063 broader issues of media\u200c bias and manipulation in the context of climate change and political activism.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/sshort\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/sshort\/%20\"><span>Samuel Short<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   June 25, 2024 at 9:11am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>How do climate alarmists expect the rest of us to care about their cause when they can\u2019t even distribute information from experts accurately?<\/p>\n<p>Internationally known <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/greta-thunberg-humiliated-world-refuses-end-predicted-survivors-everywhere-roasting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">climate alarmist<\/a> Greta Thunberg, the 21-year-old Swede with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/greta-thunbergs-back-time-tantrum-nothing-climate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">penchant for leftist causes<\/a>, warned the world in 2018 that mankind had five years to stop using fossil fuels or all of humanity will be wiped out.<\/p>\n<p>The since-deleted social media post \u2014 a tweet on the platform then known as Twitter \u2014 can be found via a screenshot from another post below.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Five <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ca-governor-breaks-his-own-covid-rules-to-eat-fancy-french-food\/\" title=\"Ca. Governor Breaks His Own COVID Rules To Eat Fancy French Food\">years ago<\/a> Greta Thunberg tweeted that<\/p>\n<p>\u201cclimate change will wipe out all of humanity unless we stop using fossil fuels over the next five years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The tweet is now deleted.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qLzZxJDJJG\">https:\/\/t.co\/qLzZxJDJJG<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Wfnjkv2wS5\">pic.twitter.com\/Wfnjkv2wS5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bjorn Lomborg (@BjornLomborg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BjornLomborg\/status\/1671488624712458240?\">June 21, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While Thunberg\u2019s post did not say humanity would end in five years \u2014 we did make it past 2023 after all \u2014 there was one glaring problem with it. The article that Thunberg linked misquoted the scientist who made the relevant remarks.<\/p>\n<p>In January 2018, James Anderson, a professor of atmospheric chemistry at Harvard, gave a speech that was covered by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jeffmcmahon\/2018\/01\/15\/carbon-pollution-has-shoved-the-climate-backward-at-least-12-million-years-harvard-scientist-says\/?sh=721cb3f7963e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forbes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Anderson remarked in that speech on damage he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-got-it-all-right-in-u-n-address-until-he-got-it-all-wrong\/\" title=\"Biden Got It All Right In U.N. Address \u2014 Until He Got It All Wrong\">claimed climate change<\/a> is doing to the \u201cpermanent ice\u201d at the Earth\u2019s poles, and its implications for the globe, according to Forbes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe chance that there will be any permanent ice left in the Arctic after 2022 is essentially zero,\u201d he said, according to Forbes. \u201cCan we lose 75-80 percent of permanent ice and recover? The answer is no.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Do you believe that so-called climate changes poses an existential threat to humanity?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Forbes article was published Jan. 15, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>On Feb. 19, 2018, Grit Post \u2014 a leftist online publication <a href=\"https:\/\/gritpost.com\/grit-post-background\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">with the motto<\/a> \u201creal news for the working class\u201d \u2014 used the Forbes piece as its source for a <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20180501150731\/https:\/\/gritpost.com\/humans-extinct-climate-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">now-deleted article<\/a> with the headline: \u201cTop Climate Scientist: Humans Will Go Extinct if We Don\u2019t Fix Climate Change by 2023.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Its lede sentence declared: \u201cA top climate scientist is warning that climate change will wipe out all of humanity unless we stop using fossil fuels over the next five years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>(The article has been deleted, but internet archives last forever.)<\/p>\n<p>That was the report Thunberg quoted.<\/p>\n<p>In a 2023 article, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/fact-check-greta-thunberg-deleted-tweet-675395214080\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Assocated Press<\/a> took a look at the controversy surrounding Thunberg\u2019s deleted post \u2014 and defended Thunberg, naturally, as a victim of bad sourcing and nasty attacks from conservative websites.<\/p>\n<p>In remarks to the AP for that report, Anderson pushed back against Grit Post\u2019s framing of his speech. He stated, \u201cthe \u2018wiping out of humanity by 2022\u2019 is a total distortion of what I said or meant at the University of Chicago colloquium in 2018. I would never make such a statement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The timeline above is enough to make anyone\u2019s head spin. Here\u2019s a summary:<\/p>\n<p>Anderson gave a speech in January 2018 which Forbes reported on the same month.<\/p>\n<p>Grit Post wrote its own piece in February 2018, quoting mostly from Forbes. Grit Post put the \u201cextinction of humanity\u201d and the \u201cwipe out of all humanity\u201d into the conversation as part of its article.<\/p>\n<p>Thunberg \u2014 in June 2018, six years ago this month \u2014 posted a link to the Grit Post article and quoted its opening sentence.<\/p>\n<p>Thunberg deleted the tweet in 2023 which is amusing, considering it was the five-year mark.<\/p>\n<p>What is also amusing is that AP picked up Thunberg\u2019s deletion of the tweet not to lambast her for sensationalism, but to defend her. AP took to guarding Thunberg against conservatives \u2014 obviously the real culprits \u2014 who ridiculed her for the post\u2019s deletion.<\/p>\n<p>Now six years removed from this conundrum, the real issue is how the left used a child to promote its agenda. Thunberg is a young woman now, but made herself a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/oscars-get-political-highlighted-brad-pitts-impeachment-dismay-greta-thunberg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">climate celebrity<\/a> as a teenager with a gift for bombastic remarks.<\/p>\n<p>The AP report did not chastise her for spreading an article that misquoted Anderson. The article instead criticized conservatives who went after her for deleting the tweet.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dont-talk-to-me-that-way-dont-ever-talk-to-the-president-that-way-president-trump-slaps-down-media-hack-sets-the-record-straight-on-sham-election-video\/\" title=\"No Respect...\"Don't Talk to Me That Way - DON'T EVER Talk to the President That Way!\" - President Trump SLAPS DOWN Media Hack - Sets the Record Straight on Sham Election (VIDEO)\">establishment media<\/a> are very quick to fact-check conservative voices who would dare go after Thunberg.<\/p>\n<p>Now an adult, Thunberg was used as a pawn while still a child. Her cover was perfect \u2014 a young person who could say outrageous things, while also having the fallback of being a child. To the left, her reported <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/deal-depression-anxiety-left-greta-thunberg-child-abuse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mental and emotional problems<\/a>, the fact that she had been diagnosed with Aspberger\u2019s syndrome and had battled depression, just made her more untouchable.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s time we start holding her to a higher standard. Maybe then we will see most of what she says is nonsense \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/greta-thunberg-caught-video-going-full-anti-semite-chanting-crush-zionism-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">and sometimes dangerous nonsense<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Even more importantly, we need to understand the mindset of those who used her for political purposes.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>An Important Message from Our Staff:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>In just a few months, the world is going to change forever. 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Together, we really can save the country.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Thank you for your support!<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>P.S. <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>Please stand with us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-45824\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/sshort\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-45824\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-45824\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-45824\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>  Sam Short is an Instructor of History with Motlow State Community College in Smyrna, Tennessee. He holds a BA in History from Middle Tennessee State University and an MA in History from University College London. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commentary by Samuel Short, June 25, 2024: Climate alarmists, including Greta Thunberg, struggle to engage the public due to inaccurate information dissemination. Thunberg, a 21-year-old Swede known for her leftist leanings, famously declared in 2018 that humanity was on a tight deadline to address climate issues<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2984,"featured_media":2283316,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/greta-thunberg-for-june-25-2024.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[32658,32659,18156,32657],"class_list":["post-2283315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily","tag-climate-crisis","tag-environmental-activism","tag-extinction","tag-greta-thunberg"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/greta-thunberg-for-june-25-2024.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2283315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2984"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2283315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2283315\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2283316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2283315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2283315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2283315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}