The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. March 15, 2019 Swedish Climate Activist Greta Thunberg Nominated For Nobel Prize ----------------------------------------------------------------- Today's mass protests were sparked by 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, who has skipped school every Friday to sit outside the Swedish parliament to demand leaders act on climate. This week, three Norwegian lawmakers nominated Thunberg for the Nobel Peace Prize. .