The Political Rhetoric Around Climate Change … Er, Global Warming

… Last week, Yale University released a study showing that people are more likely to fear “global warming” and take part in a campaign to stop it than they are “climate change.” Yale’s report echoed research by George W. Bush pollster Frank Luntz, who had argued that the Bush White House should use climate change instead of global warming because it sounded less scary. Polling also shows Democrats are more likely than Republicans to believe the Earth is warming and human activity is the main cause.

But Democrats and Republicans in Congress don’t see seem to be heeding the pollsters’ advice. CONT.

Harry Enten, FiveThirtyEight

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