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'Our biggest compliment yet': Greta Thunberg thanks OPEC for criticism
Swedish teenage activist Greta Thunberg has welcomed criticism from OPEC’s secretary general, describing it as the “biggest compliment yet” to a growing movement of young protesters demanding action over climate change. “Thank you!” Thunberg said Thursday in response to thinly-veiled criticism from a prominent fossil fuel leader. “Our biggest compliment yet!” Thunberg was catapulted to fame for skipping school every Friday to hold a weekly vigil outside Swedish parliament last year. Protesting against political inaction over climate change, the 16-year-old sparked an international wave of school strikes ... (full story)