For young Californians, climate change is a crisis, and the constant drumbeat of environmental disasters can also aggravate depression and anxiety. Many of them are fighting back by becoming activists. Eighteen-year-old Maya Williams is part of a lawsuit by several young people against the EPA. LA Times reporter Alex Wigglesworth and Williams joined host Lisa McRee on “LA Times Today.”
Wigglesworth explained the climate-focused storytelling that led her to Williams.
“The paper did a whole special section about climate change. And we realized, in many ways, young people are on the front lines. They’re experiencing the effects of a warming world in the form of extreme weather, drought and fast-moving wildfires. Our research has found that worry and anxiety associated with climate change are on the rise among young people around the world. They’re also some of the loudest voices and most active participants when it comes to fighting for change,” Wigglesworth said…