The theme for the Times Square New Years Eve bash is climate change
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Times Square revelers will ring in the New Year to a theme of existential crisis tonight. Science teachers and students taking on the climate crisis will push the crystal button to trigger the ball drop in Times Square. Organizers of the annual New Yearâs Eve celebration in New York City choose a theme each year based on the biggest issues in the news, and this year that theme is climate change.
â[Youâd] have to have a soul of Styrofoam not to be moved by the passion of young people demanding that we do better, and âlisten to the scienceâ to start solving the problem,â Tim Tompkins, president of the Times Square Alliance, said in a press release. He added that âyouâd have to have your head buriedâ in sand not to be alarmed by 2019âs...
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