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Time to Tackle Two Crises at Once, Activist Thunberg Says on Earth Day

Reuters

   STOCKHOLM / SHANGHAI - Swedish activist Greta Thunberg joined calls for
   a combined effort to tackle coronavirus and the climate crisis, saying
   the 50th anniversary of Earth Day on Wednesday was the time to choose a
   "new way forward."
   Dramatic improvements in air and water quality as coronavirus lockdowns
   have cut pollution have prompted calls for a low-carbon future, but the
   need to get millions back to work is clouding the picture for the
   future.
   Thunberg, taking part in a streamed event to mark Earth Day, said the
   extraordinary measures to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus did
   not mean the climate crisis had gone away.

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