Why would there be a widespread anything about an issue in countries on a far away continent? It's administration job to care about geopolitics and long term co

Why would there be a widespread anything about an issue in countries on a far away continent? It's administration job to care about geopolitics and long term consequences of decisions like building a pipeline. People not involved in politics won't because it doesn't influence their everyday lives directly. It's not possible for them to make a rational judgement about it anyway as they have very little information about the issue.