Concern about climate change is broader than many Hoosiers think. Katherine Welles/Shutterstock Matthew Houser, Indiana University Indiana certainly doesn’t look like a state that’s ready to confront climate change. Its former governor, Vice President Mike Pence, has questioned whether human actions affect the climate. In 2016 the majority of Indiana […] Read more »
The growing power and anger of climate change voters
The voter passionately motivated by climate change was once something of an anomaly. But that is changing as President Donald Trump has systematically unraveled the nation’s environmental regulations at the same time that Americans have witnessed a series of climate-related crises: fires in the Amazon, hurricanes that churn with increasing […] Read more »
American Voters Support Climate Action
Americans are concerned about climate change and support policies to reduce carbon pollution and protect Americans from climate impacts, according to a new survey of registered voters in the United States. Voters support a broad range of policies that would transition the United States from fossil fuels to renewable energy […] Read more »
On whose green Earth? Are we supposed to take care of the planet or should it take care of us?
… More than 80 percent of Americans view themselves as religious, spiritual or both, and 84 percent of the global population identifies as part of a religious group. These alliances can profoundly affect how we view the world and our place in it — including our attitudes toward climate change […] Read more »
This is why Congress remains deadlocked on climate and guns
There’s a political dynamic that virtually guarantees Congress will remain locked in a contentious stalemate over gun violence like the weekend’s mass shooting in Texas and the risk of climate change embodied in the ferocious Hurricane Dorian menacing the Southeast United States. Both issues highlight the effective veto over legislation […] Read more »
Bernie Sanders’ new climate plan asks Democrats: Do you want a revolution or not?
The massive scope and cost of Bernie Sanders’ new “Green New Deal” plan to confront climate change encapsulates both the potential appeal and limits of the Vermont senator’s uncompromising presidential campaign. The $16.3 trillion, 10-year climate plan he released last week envisions a rapid and comprehensive transformation of a key […] Read more »