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
In a first-of-its-kind study, released by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) today, Daniel Hungerman and graduate student Vivek Moorthy investigated the long-term effects of that momentous eco-celebration, studying how the event and the weather that day affected people’s attitudes toward conservation and their health years later.