A Nobel for Sweden's Greta Thunberg? A tough decision for prize committee

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World News
September 25, 2019 / 7:07 AM / Updated 8 minutes ago

Gwladys Fouche 7 Min Read

OSLO (Reuters) - Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg’s shaming of world leaders and air travelers over climate change has won her millions of admirers and attracted many new followers to her cause.

But it just might cost her the Nobel Peace Prize.

Thunberg, one of few people whose nomination has become known before the awards ceremony, is the bookmakers’ favorite to win the prize next month.

At 16, she would be the youngest recipient of the $930,000 award won by the likes of Nelson Mandela, Jimmy Carter and Mikhail Gorbachev. She would be the first to win the prize for environmental work since former U.S. vice president Al Gore shared it in 2007 for raising awareness of climate change.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nobel-prize-peace/a-nobel-for-swedens-greta-thunberg-a-tough-decision-for-prize-committee-idUSKBN1WA18Z?il=0

You know what when a world is has fucked up as this world, that has made some pretty empty promises and this young lady has called out that economic message by shaming the hypocrites........................I stand with Greta Thunberg and I have her back........................

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1. I wouldn't think that she deserves one

Perhaps "yet".

Being on the right side of an argument and attracting some celebrity doesn't strike me as Nobel-worthy.

But if she succeeds in actually changing behaviors... that would change. Only time will tell.

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2. Might be worth it to see tRump's head explode

Beat by a girl!