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Young, eco-anxious Canadians are the most likely to support disruptive tactics by environmental activists, study finds

The tolerance of individual Canadians for radical forms of environmental activism depends on several factors. Overall, however, Canadians do not support vandalism or violence as forms of protest. Those are the key findings of a new study by researchers from McGill University and Université Laval. Th...

Young, eco-anxious Canadians are the most likely to support disruptive tactics by environmental activists, study finds
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The tolerance of individual Canadians for radical forms of environmental activism depends on several factors. Overall, however, Canadians do not support vandalism or violence as forms of protest. Those are the key findings of a new study by researchers from McGill University and Université Laval. The findings are published in the Canadian Journal of Political Science.

Originally published at Phys.org

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