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Climate Activist Greta Thunberg on Trial in London for Blocking Oil and Gas Conference

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Climate activist Greta Thunberg went on trial on Feb. 1, 2024, for refusing to leave a protest that blocked an entrance to an oil and gas conference in London in the Fall of 2023.

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