{"id":4350,"date":"2026-01-28T09:00:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T17:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xenetwork.org\/ets\/?post_type=xen_episodes&#038;p=4350"},"modified":"2026-01-27T13:50:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T21:50:09","slug":"episode-268-activism-101","status":"publish","type":"xen_episodes","link":"https:\/\/xenetwork.org\/ets\/episodes\/episode-268-activism-101\/","title":{"rendered":"[Episode #268] \u2013 Activism 101"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you want to see the energy transition succeed where you live, you might want to get involved in some local advocacy campaigns, or even become an organizer yourself. But how?<\/p>\n<p>The energy and climate movement is overwhelmingly popular. Surveys consistently show broad public support for clean energy. Yet energy transition issues rarely crack the top ten concerns of most voters, and we remain remarkably bad at enacting political consequences when decision-makers ignore us. 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