Teen activist rallies near U.N. for action on climate change

Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg held a rally Friday at a park near U.N. headquarters with hundreds of youths calling for action to address climate change.Thunberg, who journeyed for 15 days across the Atlantic Ocean aboard a high-tech, zero-emissions yacht to arrive in New York the previous day, told reporters, "It's good to know we are united and fighting for the same thing."The 16-year-old gained an international platform through the #FridaysForFuture environmental activism movement she started in 2018. Thunberg and others would take time off from school each week to assemble in fron…READ FULL ARTICLE