Greta Thunberg protests AGAINST Norway wind farm... but now demands more from Britain
Greta Thunberg joined a protest in London this morning
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Greta Thunberg has come out in surprise opposition of a new wind farm being built in Norway - despite then demanding an end to fossil fuels at a London protest today.
The young activist demonstrated against the Fosen wind farm in the west of Norway last week, which is one of the largest onshore renewable energy projects in Europe.
She took the stance after the indigenous Sami people of northern Scandinavia argued that their human rights were being undermined by the project.
Thunberg said that she was in "solidarity with the Sami youth who are fighting to enjoy basic human rights".
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Just days after protesting the wind farm, Thunberg was this morning in London to demand Britain and other countries do more to divest from fossil fuels.
Joining a Fossil Free London protest outside the Energy Intelligence Forum, Thunberg said: "The elites have no intention of transition. We have to take direct action.
"We have to reclaim the power and that is what we are doing today.
"We have to kick oily money out."
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Greta Thunberg took aim at Rishi Sunak during her speech
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Taking aim at Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and other world leaders, the 20-year-old added: "This trend is not unique to him, nor the UK, wee are seeing this all over the world.
"People in power, politicians, elected officials, are failing the people to manage it as a whole and continuing to sacrifice people in the name of greed and destruction."
Thunberg was calling for more to be done by Governments to move towards renewable sources of energy.
The climate activist has previously justified the difference between requiring the UK and other countries to do more to be less reliant on fossil fuels and her objection to the Fosen wind farm in Norway by pointing to the Sami's minority status.
Greta Thunberg's appearance came just days after her protest in Norway
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"For me it’s a given that I should stand in solidarity with the Sami youth who are fighting to enjoy basic human rights," she said last week.
"This struggle has been going on for centuries, and we cannot accept that the colonisation of Sami continues.
"Everyone who can be in Oslo now and show their support should do so."
The Sami argue that their way of life has been disrupted by the wind farm, which was built two years ago, by displacing reindeer herders from their land.
Norway's supreme court ruled two years ago that the turbines were erected illegally but have remained in place ever since.
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