Thunberg criticizes Danes for dumping wastewater into strait

Swedish teen climate activist Greta Thunberg lashed out at authorities in Danish capital on Wednesday because Copenhn has for last six years pumped large amounts of wastewater into strait separating Sweden and Denmark.

Danish media, citing Danish Environmental Protection ncy, say that since 2014, over 35 billion liters (9.1 billion gallons) of unfiltered sewer water have been pumped into Oresund Strait during heavy rains because Danish treatment plants could t handle large volume of water.

information has surfaced recently because capital h planned to allow Greater Copenhn Utility HOFOR to flush 290,000 cubic meters (10 million cubic feet) of unfiltered wastewater into Oresund starting Sunday. That decision has been postponed till October.

Thunberg said on Facebook that se actions are coming from “ same Copenhn who claim y’ll be climate neutral by 2025.” Danish capital aims to become carbon neutral by 2025, possibly first world capital to do so.

17-year-old has encourd students to skip school to join protests demanding faster action on climate change, a movement that has spre beyond Sweden to or European nations and around world. She founded