Climate Activist Greta Thunberg Arrives in New York After Sailing Across the Atlantic
The climate activist sailed from the United Kingdom on a zero-emissions yacht to minimize the carbon footprint of her trip.
Mike Segar/Reuters
Climate activist Greta Thunberg arrived in New York Harbor on Wednesday after sailing over 3,000 miles across the Atlantic. The Swedish teenager sailed from Plymouth in the United Kingdom on a zero-emissions yacht to minimize the carbon footprint of her trip. Thunberg, 16, is attending a United Nations climate conference in New York in September. Upon her arrival, she told reporters that her message for President Trump is to “listen to the science and he obviously doesn’t do that,” according to the BBC. Thunberg and her crew were expected to arrive a few days earlier, but they encountered rough seas off the coast of Nova Scotia that delayed their arrival. Thunberg does not fly because of airplanes’ high gas emissions.
Finally here. Thank you everyone who came to see me off in Plymouth, and everyone who welcomed me in New York! Now I’m going to rest for a few days, and on Friday I’m going to participate in the strike outside the UN. pic.twitter.com/yZ9yJHh1lZ
— Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) August 28, 2019
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