Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg was expected to sail into New York Harbo...
Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg and crew's Pierre Casiraghi and Boris Herrmann wave from the Malizia II boat, as she starts her trans-Atlantic boat trip to New York, in Plymouth, Britain, August 14, 2019. Kirsty Wigglesworth/Pool via REUTERS
The 16-year-old Swedish activist, who set sail from Plymouth, England, on Aug. 14, attracted international attention last year when she started missing school on Fridays to protest against political inaction on climate change and inspired youth around the world to do the same. Rather than travel in an airplane that burns fuel and contributes to atmospheric carbon pollution, Thunberg opted to make her trans-Atlantic journey carbon emission-free by sailing on the Malizia II, a 60-foot yacht equipped with solar panels and underwater turbines that produce electricity onboard.
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