A crowd stretching two city blocks is moving through the streets of Edmonton to support Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg’s visit to the Alberta capital.
The 16-year-old Stockholm student spoke at a climate rally at the legislature at noon, according to the National Post.
The crowd carried signs with slogans such as “We Demand Action on the Climate Crisis,” “Unite Behind Science” and “I Speak for the Trees.”
A group of oil and gas supporters in a convoy of trucks left Red Deer, Alta. in the morning and held a counter-rally during the event.
The teen has been making international headlines for criticizing world leaders who she accuses of letting down youth by doing too little to tackle climate change.
Premier Jason Kenney said the government had no plans to meet with Thunberg.
(National Post)
