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January 24, 2020

U.S. Treasury Secretary Draws Fire for Mocking Climate Activist Greta Thunberg
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin mocked 17-year-old climate
activist Greta Thunberg on Thursday, after she called on investors to
pull their funds from fossil fuel companies. Speaking to reporters at
the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Mnuchin said of
Thunberg, "After she goes and studies economics in college, she can go
back and explain that to us." Mnuchin's comments sparked a torrent of
replies across social media from economists who rushed to Thunberg's
defense. Thunberg responded on Twitter writing, "My gap year ends in
August, but it doesn't take a college degree in economics to realise
that our remaining 1,5° carbon budget and ongoing fossil fuel subsidies
and investments don't add up."


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