… Dr. [Stephan] Lewandowsky’s survey results suggested that people who rejected climate science were more likely than other respondents to reject other scientific or official findings and buy into assorted fringe theories. … This piece of research appeared in a specialized journal in psychological science, but it did not take long […] Read more »
Americans Back Climate Change Regulation, Not Taxes
Now that President Obama has put climate change back on the table in his second inaugural address, a new national poll finds growing public support for regulating greenhouse gas emissions and requiring utilities to switch to lower-carbon fuel sources. The percentage of Americans who think climate change is occurring has […] Read more »
Westerners Link Public Lands to Economic Prosperity, Quality of Life
Westerners place a strong value on public lands, saying they are “essential” to their state’s economy and quality of life, according to the 2013 Colorado College State of the Rockies Conservation in the West poll. … This year’s bipartisan survey of 2,400 Westerners, representing a cross section of the region’s […] Read more »
What Does Public Support in Obama’s Second Inaugural Speech?
Inaugural speeches are often criticized as long on rhetoric and short on substance. But President Obama’s second inaugural address on Monday was surprisingly specific about his second-term goals. … Polls show that the president has at least a slim majority of Americans in his corner on almost all of the […] Read more »
Do Americans agree with Obama on climate change and immigration?
Saying “we will respond to the threat of climate change,” President Barack Obama used his second inaugural address to put the divisive issue back on the front burner. But according to a new national survey, Americans are divided over whether global warming is a man made phenomenon. The president also […] Read more »
Attitudes on climate change, environmental science and clean energy
A new Associated Press poll reports a sharp increase in the number of people who believe that climate change is happening and will be a problem for the United States. The biggest change was among the significant group of people who say they don’t trust scientists. … Obviously, it’s a […] Read more »