Record temperatures across the globe, a record-breaking hurricane in Florida, and a once-in-a-century tropical storm in Southern California. The weather this summer has seemed out of control. It seems like climate change is on our doorstep, leaving some experts predicting that record weather may become our new norm. What have […] Read more »
Economic perceptions continue to be a weak spot for Biden
President Biden’s approval ratings have remained low since earlier this summer, with 42% approving of his handling of his job as president overall and just 36% approving of his handling of the economy. Forty-two percent also rate his handling of foreign policy as good. The AP-NORC poll conducted in June […] Read more »
Most disapprove of Biden’s handling of climate change, Post-UMD poll finds
Nearly one year after President Biden enacted a sprawling package to combat harmful emissions and boost clean energy, his administration is struggling to demonstrate the law’s value to weary voters — and stave off a widening array of new political threats. Most Americans — 57 percent — disapprove of Biden’s […] Read more »
Three-quarters of Republicans prioritize the economy over climate change
It’s hot. And some apparently don’t mind it that way. The latest heat wave is fueled by human-caused climate change from burning fossil fuels, but despite the settled science, the overwhelming evidence and the billions of dollars in increases for disaster preparation and recovery that climate change is costing the […] Read more »
Climate change is hitting close to home for nearly 2 out of 3 Americans, poll finds
At the end of the hottest month on record, which left millions in the United States sweltering under heat advisories, nearly two-thirds of U.S. adults say that climate change is noticeably affecting their local communities, and a majority also see climate change as causing serious effects right now, according to […] Read more »
The uneven toll of the coronavirus pandemic
The official health emergency over Covid may be over, but the effects still linger. And this week the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, published a study that supported a theory many had suspected: The pandemic didn’t hit all Americans the same — and Republicans, who lagged behind in accepting the Covid […] Read more »