CALGARY—Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg plans on travelling to Alberta soon, prompting a terse response from the United Conservative government — and an invitation to visit southern Alberta’s Tsuut’ina Nation. The 16-year-old climate activist said she’ll be visiting Alberta in posts to her Facebook and Twitter accounts on Saturday night. Chief Lee Crowchild of the Tsuut’ina Nation extended a personal invitation to Thunberg to visit their land bordering Calgary’s southwest while in Alberta. Canada Action, an activist group that promotes the oil and gas industry, responded to news of Thunberg’s upcoming visit with a series of defensive tweets about visiting Alberta in light of Canada’s environmental standards. Late September saw a massive series of marches as part of the Global Climate Strike.

Source: thestar October 14, 2019 21:00 UTC