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This year's New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square will spotlight efforts to combat climate change when high school science teachers and students press the button that begins the famous 60-second countdown.
Organizers announced the plan Saturday.
The two teachers and four students have done a clean-air project and a fundraising walk to raise money for places without clean water.
Young climate activists gained new prominence this year, when Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg sparked school strikes around the world calling for more action to fight global warming. But 2019 also was a year of setbacks and disappointment for climate activists.
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