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Greta Thunberg Sailed To New York To Avoid Contributing To Climate Change. There’s Just One Problem.

Ashe Schow
Greta Thunberg Sailed To New York To Avoid Contributing To Climate Change. There’s Just One Problem.
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Climate-change activists are the best spokespeople for why climate change isn’t at the top of most Americans’ concerns and why their policies would be detrimental to everyone but the very wealthy.

Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old climate activist, arrived in New York City on Wednesday after sailing across the Atlantic on a yacht with solar panels and wind turbines. Forget the fact that carbon is emitted during the construction of the yacht and solar panels. CBS News reported the yacht “had no kitchen, no heating, no fridge and no bathroom.” Thunberg took the yacht to raise awareness about the harmful emissions caused by taking commercial airlines.

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