Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg gets ready to dock in New York after crossing the Atlantic on a 60-foot racing yacht.
with her message that humanity must immediately reduce greenhouse gas emissions contributing to global warming in order to avert ecological and civilizational collapse.
What began as a quiet protest in front of the Swedish parliament a year ago exploded into a global movement with more than two million teens around the world hosting weekly classroom walkouts. "We know that our future is at risk," Thunberg told reporters in Switzerland earlier this month at a gathering with her peers."We would love to go back to school and continue with our everyday lives, but as crucial as this situation is, as serious as this situation is, we feel like we must do something about this now."
"Strong winds are pushing us west. We expect to arrive at North Cove Marina in Manhattan, New York, sometime Tuesday afternoon or evening," Thunberg wrote on Twitter. Thunberg made her zero-carbon journey aboard the yacht, equipped with solar panels and hydro generators, amid
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