Extinction Rebellion and Greta Thunberg demonstrate outside Scandic Park Sandefjord in Norway at the Sandefjord conference. (Trond Reidar Teigen/NTB via AFP) STOCKHOLM (AFP) — Sweden's Supreme Court threw out a class action lawsuit Wednesday brought against the state by 300 young people,

Sweden's Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that Greta Thunberg and hundreds of other activists cannot proceed with a class action lawsuit that had sought to force the state to take stronger action against climate change.

Sweden's Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that Greta Thunberg and hundreds of other young activists can not sue the state in a Swedish court over what they say is insufficient action against climate change.