By Justine Calma
Teen climate sensation Greta Thunberg (click here) has made it to New York City after her 15-day voyage by yacht from Plymouth, England.
After disembarking to a cheering crowd in lower Manhattan, Thunberg opened a press conference saying, “Well all of this is overwhelming.”
“The trip was surprisingly good. I did not feel sea sick once,” Thunberg said.
Thunberg made the trip across the Atlantic to attend a United Nations climate summit taking place in September — and she did it without leaving a carbon footprint. She traveled aboard the Malizia II, which has its own solar panels and hydro-generators to power the yacht. (Her journey did spark some criticism for the emissions associated with it because others will fly to New York to bring the yacht back to Europe, although those flights will reportedly be offset.)...
