Environmental activist Greta Thunberg lashes out at Danish for dumping wastewater into strait

Environmental activist Greta Thunberg talks via video link with Professor of Environmental Science Johan Rockstrom in Germany, during a live chat on International Earth Day where y discussed coronavirus pandemic and environment, at bel Museum in Stockholm, Sweden, Wednesday, April 22, 2020. 

 Swedish teen climate activist Greta Thunberg lashed out at Danish capital on May 27 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 290,00 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 Fridays for Future movement that has inspired similar actions by or young people.

(Im credit: AP)