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Environment
Jessica Eise, Assistant Professor, Indiana University

Americans love nature but don’t feel empowered to protect it, new research shows

People enjoy spending time in nature but don't always feel they have the ability to protect it. John Greim/LightRocket via Getty Image

Climate change has been in the news for more than 40 years. It’s typically covered as a scientific or political issue. However, social scientists like me have found that feelings and values are what drive people toward broad, collective change – not charts, graphs or images.

Surveys confirm that the majority of Americans now believe that climate change is real. But many adults seem to feel too exhausted, defeated or powerless to do anything about it.

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