In rapid succession, the results of this month’s election and the release of blockbuster new scientific studies are widening the distance between the politics and science of climate change. The massive new study released by federal scientists Friday, like another landmark analysis in October from the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel […] Read more »
Gender Differences in Public Understanding of Climate Change
While political views play a strong role in Americans’ opinions on climate change, there are many other individual, social, and cultural factors that influence public understanding of the issue. Here we explore how views on climate change differ between men and women. A large body of research shows a small—but […] Read more »
Partisans view the other side’s rallies, protests with suspicion
As the 2018 midterm elections loom, the partisan divide dominates the political landscape, and each side views the other with suspicion. … Most Americans across party lines think fundamental changes are needed in the health care system, including about three in 10 who think there’s so much wrong with it […] Read more »
Their Districts Are at Risk. But They Still Vote ‘No’ on Climate Action
… The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns in a report released Oct. 7 that unless urgent and drastic action is taken, global warming could rise by 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) between 2030 and 2052, a level that climate scientists fear could have catastrophic repercussions for […] Read more »
The climate is changing. Here’s how politics will also change.
The Monday release of a U.N. special report on limiting climate change to 1.5 degrees Celsius confirms what a long, hot summer of fire and storms has already told us. We’re not doing enough to combat climate change. … We are decarbonizing faster than ever, but emissions are still rising. […] Read more »
Why red and blue states divide over green policy
President Donald Trump’s drive to rescind the federal efforts to combat global climate change is highlighting another chasm between Republican- and Democratic-leaning states. … In the presidential Electoral College and the Senate, Republicans rely overwhelmingly on the states most tightly bound to the fossil fuel economy — as producers, consumers […] Read more »