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Climate activists including Greta Thunberg block entrance to the Swedish parliament

STOCKHOLM (AP) — A group of climate activists have blocked the entrance to the Swedish parliament, advocating for sweeping reforms to tackle climate disasters. Some 40 activists including Greta Thunberg on Monday held signs reading ”Climate Justice Now” as they sat in front of at least two entrances to the 349-seat Riksdagen, including the main doorway. Swedish media said lawmakers used other entries into the assembly. Thunberg said that the climate justice movement has for decades been repeating the same message over and over again, and “we feel like we are not being heard.” Climate protesters have accused fossil fuel companies of deliberately slowing the global energy transition to renewables in order to make more profit.

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