Greta Thunberg joins protest over wind farm on land used by reindeer herders

The activists, mainly teenagers, lay outside the ministry entrance holding Sami flags and a poster reading: “Land Back”.
Greta Thunberg joins protest over wind farm on land used by reindeer herders

Greta Thunberg, right, joins the campaigners from Nature and Youth and Norwegian Samirs Riksforbund Nuorat who are blocking the entrances to the Ministry of Oil and Energy in Oslo (NTB Scanpix via AP)

Greta Thunberg has joined dozens of activists in blocking the entrance to Norway’s energy ministry in Oslo to protest against a wind farm they say hinders the rights of the Sami Indigenous people to raise reindeer in Arctic Norway.

The activists, mainly teenagers, lay outside the ministry entrance holding Sami flags and a poster reading: “Land Back”.

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