… [P]eople with more hierarchical, individualistic worldviews (generally conservatives) sense that accepting climate science would lead to restraints on commerce, something they highly value, so they often dismiss evidence of the risk. Those with a more egalitarian, community-oriented mind-set (generally liberals) are likely to be suspicious of industry and very […] Read more »
Trust in Scientists, Controversy and American Public Opinion on Climate Change
National Academy of Sciences, Sackler Colloquia A presentation by Jon Krosnick of Stanford University. (h/t The Monkey Cage) Read more »
Generation X unconcerned about climate change
Amid a summer of record-setting heat, most of Generation X ‘s young adults are uninformed and unconcerned about climate change, says a survey today. About 5% of GenXers, born between 1961 and 1981 and now 32 to 52 years old, are “alarmed” and 18% “concerned” about climate change, reports the […] Read more »
Was climate-change poll biased?
Was a Washington Post poll published last week that asked Americans how they felt about major environmental problems biased in a global-warming direction? A sharp-eyed reader raised that question after pointing out that Jon Krosnick, the Stanford University professor who has helped The Post conduct its polling on environmental issues, […] Read more »
Global warming no longer Americans’ top environmental concern
Climate change no longer ranks first on the list of what Americans see as the world’s biggest environmental problem, according to a new Washington Post-Stanford University poll. Just 18 percent of those polled name it as their top environmental concern. That compares with 33 percent who said so in 2007, […] Read more »
On eve of Rio summit, Americans see environment deteriorating
On the eve of a major gathering to discuss the state of the planet, a Washington Post poll shows that most Americans think the world’s natural environment has deteriorated over the past decade, and more than six in 10 say humans are making the problem worse. [cont.] Juliet Eilperin and […] Read more »