In a short, scathing speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Monday, 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg chastised world leaders for failing the planet and its younger inhabitants, highlighted the "crystal clear" climate science, and blamed their inaction on immaturity and greed. "We are in the beginning of a mass extinction," she said, "and all you can talk about is money and fairy tales of eternal economic growth." Her message, which galvanized hundreds of thousands of people worldwide to take to the streets on Friday, didn't appear to sit well at Fox News.
On Monday's The Story, The Daily Wire's Michael Knowles claimed that scientists aren't leading the fight against global warming, so why should we listen to "politicians and a mentally ill Swedish child who is being exploited by her parents and by the international left"? Fellow guest Christopher Hahn slammed Knowles for belittling Thunberg.
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