A survey found
more than
7 in 10 teenagers
and young adults
say climate change
will cause a
moderate or
great deal of harm
to the people
of their generation.
57% of American teens
say they fear climate change,
and 52% are angry about it,
according to a Washington
Post and Kaiser Foundation
national survey.
The Post said a majority
of respondents, many
who will reach voting age
by 2020, are motivated
to vote, with climate change
as an important issue.
The poll found
about 1 in 4 teens
say they have
participated in a walkout,
attended a rally, or
wrote to a public official
to express their views
on global warming.
It was the first survey
of its kind since the
youth climate
movement last year
was ignited by
16-year-old
Greta Thunberg
of Sweden.
Her year-long "strike"
from school, in front of
the Swedish Parliament,
and an alleged
"carbon-neutral"
sailboat voyage
across the Atlantic
to the United States,
have made her an icon.
Earlier this month,
Thunberg was joined
by hundreds of
American teenagers
on at a protest
outside the United
Nations headquarters
in New York City.
"People feel very guilty
when a child says,
'You are stealing
my future.'
That has impact,"
Thunberg told
the Washington Post.
"We have definitely
made people
open their eyes."