id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt news-007996 Study of Earth Day at 50: Good weather increases commitment to environmental activism, can lower birth defects | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame .html text/html 832 24 41 In their study, Hungerman and Moorthy account for reverse causation — in this case, the idea that places with big Earth Day celebrations might tend to already be areas with strong pro-environmental attitudes — by comparing places that had unusually good or unusually bad weather on the exact date in question. University of Notre Dame Skip To Content Skip To Navigation Skip To Search University of Notre Dame Notre Dame News Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Home Contact Search Menu Home › News › Study of Earth Day at 50: Good weather increases commitment to environmental activism, can lower birth defects Study of Earth Day at 50: Good weather increases commitment to environmental activism, can lower birth defects Published: April 13, 2020 Author: Colleen Sharkey ND Experts Daniel Hungerman Stepan Family Associate Professor of Economics Earth Day Climate change has been a hot-button issue for decades and has ramped up in recent years, culminating in the September 2019 Climate Strike — reportedly the largest climate demonstration in world history, drawing upwards of four million protesters across an estimated 185 countries. cache/news-007996.html txt/news-007996.txt