Hi there,
Sixteen-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg has completed her journey to the United Nations climate talks in New York from Plymouth, England -- by boat.
Two weeks ago, Greta began sailing across the Atlantic Ocean to make a bold statement on the impacts of climate change. In a New York Times interview, Greta noted that if you want to travel from Europe to North America with zero emissions, you’ve got to take a boat.
As you can imagine, climate-deniers are not pleased with this young activist. A former Trump staffer has called Thunberg “the ignorant teenage climate puppet.”
But Thunberg considers attacks like these to be a distraction. She told a reporter: “They are doing everything they can to switch the focus from the climate crisis to me...that is what you have to expect when you talk about these things.”
Climate change, the most pressing issue facing our planet, ranks among Democratic voters’ top five priorities, but Trump has rolled back regulations meant to mitigate the crisis. Today, we need to hear from you as Greta Thunberg makes it to her destination:
