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Yale Poll: Climate Change Belief Drops 7%, Likely Influenced by Cold Winter

May 14, 2013 by Hannah Miller 0 Comments

Last week, Yale and George Mason Universities released their latest report on American attitudes about climate, and found that belief in climate change has dropped 7 percent in just half a year – mostly, they surmised, due to a cold winter. Will Oremus at Slate responded to this by writing about unscientific humans are. But for […]

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Climate Change Gets Personal

May 1, 2013 by Hannah Miller 0 Comments

Today, Yale and George Mason released their most recent findings on American sentiment on extreme weather and climate change, from a phone poll conducted in April. They found that 85 percent of Americans had personally experienced an extreme weather event during the last year, 80 percent had a family member or friend who’d experienced one, […]

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Across Party Lines, Americans Support Action To Reduce Global Warming [Report]

January 17, 2013 by Celina Plaza Comments Off

A report titled “The Political Benefits to Taking a Pro-Climate Stand in 2013″ by Yale and George Mason University found many advantages to climate action in government. In fact, it seems like a no-brainer for a politician to support climate initiatives. The report found that the majority of Democrats, Independents, and Republicans support efforts to […]

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Climate & Environmental Attitudes in America: 2010

April 16, 2010 by ecoAmerica Comments Off

According to a recent Newsweek article, “Millions of Americans have changed their minds about global warming over the past two years – deciding it isn’t happening, or isn’t due to human activities such as burning coal and oil, or that it isn’t a serious threat.” Click here to view an ecoAmerica analysis of recent major […]

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