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piyaset/iStock(NEW YORK) Young people are taking climate action into their own hands as distrust over lawmakers' ability to tackle global warming continues to grow. Children and young adults are experiencing "widespread" psychological distress over government handling of the looming climate crisis, according to a recent study published in Lancet Planetary Health. "Kids are very media savvy. They're not living in a cave," Lisa Van Susteren, a general and forensic psychiatrist and co-author of the study, told ABC News. "They have heard about what the future looks like. They've heard the warnings." Younger generations around the world began mobilizing on a large scale on Sept. 20, 2019, when they were encouraged to miss a day of school to participate in the global climate strike. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the movement among young people has only surged. And now, in the middle of the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, the youn
Third Act groups are forming throughout the country, including here in Reno. On Friday, Oct. 29, we’re joining youth-led rallies in a dozen cities to “bug the banks.”