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There's evidence that climate activism could be swaying public opinion in the US

  • Written by Nathaniel Geiger, Assistant Professor of Communication Science, Indiana University

Climate activists walked out of classrooms and workplaces in more than 150 countries on Friday, Sept. 20 to demand stronger action on climate change. Mass mobilizations like this have become increasingly common in recent years.

I’m a scholar of environmental communication who examines how people become engaged with solving dilemmas such as...

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