A new study released by Stanford shows that although a majority of Americans (63%) still support economic policies that support greener energy, that number has fallen almost 10 percentage points since 2010. Theories for this downward trend include: a decline of media coverage on climate change, growing economic concerns that monopolize priorities of Americans, and [...]
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Mental Health Repercussions of Environmental Disasters
March 8, 2012
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This article on the psychology of those affected by the BP oil spill points out that the rig explosion was not only damaging to the Gulf, but has also significantly affected the mental health of the people in the Gulf Coast. Over 50% of the people that signed up for the mental health program have [...]
Read more A Positive Shift: More Americans Believe Global Warming is Occurring [SURVEY]
March 3, 2012
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Conducted every season, the latest Fall 2011 survey on American Public Opinion on Climate Change released by the Brookings Institute found that 62% Americans that believe “there is solid evidence that the average temperature on Earth has been getting warmer,” the highest percentage since fall 2009 (65%). Other highlights include: more Americans see warmer weather [...]
Read more What Do Americans Really Believe About Climate Change? [Infographic]
February 22, 2012
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Using the results of the recent Pew Research Center survey on Americans’ viewpoints on global warming, ThomasNet News created an infographic that visually depicts current American sentiment on climate, the political divide on climate, and how the public’s perception on global warming has changed since 2006. The highly-visual presentation of these rather disappointing numbers offers [...]
Read more The Media and Politics Drive American Concern. Neither Is Helping Climate Change.
February 7, 2012
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According to a recent report on U.S. concern on climate change, a brief message of science will have little effect on people’s level of concern. Instead, the report says, most Americans build care on issues only based on current events and party lines — both being areas climate change struggles in. The findings of the [...]
Read more American Priorities Report: Global Warming Concern Drops 13% Over Five Years, Partisan Divide on Environment
January 25, 2012
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2011 marked another year for decline in support on the environment. The latest Pew report on public priorities states, “No issue divides partisans more than the environment.” Global warming, while more heavily prioritized by Democrats, has drastically and consecutively fallen in the past five years — to the bottom of the list of American priorities. [...]
Read more The Sermon on Climate Resonates With Evangelicals
January 24, 2012
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A recent report released by the Citizens Climate Lobby (CCL) indicates that there does not have to be a separation of church and climate. The majority of evangelicals not only believe that climate change is real, but also they understand humans are accelerating its impact. Whether evangelicals read global warming reports released in the past [...]
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Know Audience’s Ideology for Audience to Know Climate
Continuing to look into the conservative-liberal divide on climate, this article reviews communications and psychology research that has found politically-driven ideological predispositions have great influence on one’s level of receptiveness to climate change communication and provides examples of how this knowledge can help inform more effective climate communication positioning. How climate change gets lost in [...]
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