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Vice President Kamala Harris recently introduced the concept of “climate anxiety” on her “Fight for Our Freedoms” college tour. She defined it in terms of “fear of the future.”

Susan Nugent

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This anxiety, she says, makes young people question their future, wondering whether to have children or buy a home, considering questions that previously seemed to have foregone conclusions.

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