Will Climate Change Activists' Provocative Tactics Prove an Own Goal?

Smashing chocolate cake on a wax figure. Throwing tomato soup at an iconic painting. These are just two of many similar recent incidents by which climate activists have generated major media coverage. Although not novel -- protesters have been engaging in similar sorts of so-called enviro-vandalism for years -- 2022 has seen a notable uptick, spurred largely by the formation of a U.K.-based activist group called Just Stop Oil. Despite their attention-grabbing actions, their message is muddled, the audience is ambiguous and the call to action is unclear....