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Public Opinion on Climate Change
- “Conversations on Climate Challenges: Natural Disasters, Risk, and Survey Data”- Resources for the Future 9/29/2020
- “Republicans Claim Addressing Climate Change Is Too Expensive. Americans Aren’t Buying It, a New Poll Shows”- TIME 9/23/2020
- “Americans Back Tough Limits on Building in Fire and Flood Zones”- New York Times 9/4/2020
- “Republican Convention Ignored Climate Threat, But Americans’ Attitudes Are Shifting”- Scientific American 8/28/2020
- “Donald Trump just received some terrible news about his election prospects” – the Canary 8/27/2020
- “US Voters See Climate Change as a Top Tier Issue” – One Green Planet 8/26/2020
- “Climate Is Taking On a Growing Role for Voters, Research Suggests” – New York Times 8/24/2020
- “Climate Insights 2020: Surveying American Public Opinion on Climate Change and the Environment” – Resources for the Future 8/24/2020
- “Climate Insights 2020: Climate opinions unchanged by pandemic, but increasingly entrenched” – EurekAlert 8/24/2020
- “In hottest decade on record, climate change appears nowhere in State of the Union address” – USA Today 2/5/2020
- “Republican and Democratic voters actually agree on many climate change fixes. So why no action?” – USA Today 1/24/2020
- “What Makes Science Trustworthy?” – Boston Review 11/7/2019
- “We Need To Change The Way We Frame Climate Data” – The Rising 11/6/2019
- “Stanford research shows how uncertainty in scientific predictions can help and harm credibility” – Stanford News 10/14/2019
- “Will concern about climate change affect the presidential race?” – Mercury News 9/4/2019
- “The growing power and anger of climate change voters” – CNN 9/4/2019
- “Jay Inslee Is the Democratic Party’s Sanest 2020 Candidate” — New York Magazine 3/1/2019
- “How Jay Inslee Could Win The 2020 Democratic Nomination” — Five Thirty-Eight 3/1/2019
- “Public support for climate policy remains strong, according to new poll”– Stanford News 7/16/2018
- “Poll shows consensus for climate policy remains strong” — Phys 7/16/18
- “Voters Shrug as Energized House Democrats Vow Action on Climate” – Bloomberg 12/12/2018
- “Public Support for Climate Policy Remains Strong” – Stanford News 7/26/2018
- “More Americans Agree On Going Green Than You Might Think” – Futurity 7/18/2018
- “Public Backs Action on Global Warming – But With Cost Concerns and Muted Urgency” – ABC News 7/15/2018
- “Study shows small media’s might in shaping public opinion” – GreenWire 11/10/2017
- “Latinos, reeling from hurricanes, could be political force” – ClimateWire 10/2/2017
- “Meet the lab-coat liberals” – Politico 6/24/2017
- “Economists Price BP Oil Spill Damage to Natural Resources at $17.2 Billion” – UCSD News 4/21/2017
- “Stanford expert speaks on the role public understanding of science played in this election and may play in the future” – Stanford News 1/11/2017
- “New voice for the climate? Washington teens sue over emissions policy” – The Christian Science Monitor 11/23/2016
- “Why the environment wasn’t a factor in the presidential race” – Governors’ Wind & Solar Energy Coalition 11/22/2016
- “Most Americans support Paris climate deal. But is it their urgent priority?” – The Christian Science Monitor 11/22/2016
- “5 yuge ways Trump and Clinton differ on climate, energy” – E&E News 11/7/2016
- “Behind the polling on Latinos, climate and the Fla. vote” – ClimateWire 10/31/2016
- “Why Climate Change Divides Us” – The Christian Science Monitor 10/12/2016
- “Bi-Solar Disorder” – Grist 10/4/2016
- “Divided America: Temperatures Rise, US Splits” – The Associated Press 8/15/2016
- “What Do People Really Think About Climate Change?” – The Huffington Post 6/17/2016
- “Burrillville Residents Firmly Opposed To Power Plant” – Providence Journal 5/28/2016
- “Ahead of Super Tuesday, analysts urge Clinton to talk climate” – ClimateWire 3/1/2016
- “How Scientific Ethics, Efficiency and Accuracy Can Be Improved” – UCR Today 2/19/2016
- “‘Vanishing Ice’ Makes Beautiful Bid For Action on Climate Change” – KQED 2/10/2016
- “Sanders leaps into lead, making Clinton defensive” – ClimateWire 2/10/2016
- “Bernie Sanders Singles Out Climate Change in Victory Speech” – ClimateWire 2/10/2016
- “Most Republicans Say They Back Climate Action, Poll Finds” – NY Times 1/30/2016
- “US Presidential Candidates And Politics Of Climate Change” – Eurasia Review 12/7/2015
- “Groupthink: People’s views on climate change go hand in hand with their politics” – The Economist 11/26/2015
- “To Encourage Climate Action, Talk Up the Benefits of Adaptation” – Scientific American 10/19/2015
- “Where Presidential Candidates Stand On Climate Change” – WLRN 8/11/2015
- “Where They Stand: On Environment, Democrats Vie to Be “Greener than the Next Green” -New Hampshire Public Radio 8/7/2015
- “GOP rephrases rhetoric in climate debate” – GreenWire 6/25/2015
- “Minnesota Republicans change their tone on climate change” – MPRNews 6/23/2015
- “Arizonans Concerned About Global Warming” – UA News 5/18/2015
- “Lonely Republican Voices Buck Party to Urge Action on Climate Change” – Scientific American 5/11/2015
- “Florida Republican bucks his party on climate, calls for action” – ClimateWire 5/11/2015
- “Stanford’s Jon Krosnick: On climate change, most Americans want action” – The LA Times 5/5/2015
- “Hillary Clinton’s green path to the White House: will she be ‘careful’ on climate?” – The Guardian 4/20/2015
- “Stanford poll: High public concern about global warming has not changed for decades” – SNL Daily Coal Report
- “Support for carbon tax reaches almost 70%” – ClimateWire 4/16/2015
- “RFF/Stanford Polling Shows Significant Support for Climate Action on both Policy and Political Fronts” – Resources for the Future 4/15/2015
- “Polls show concern on climate” – Desert Sun 3/26/2015
- “Ted Cruz: Can a climate change skeptic win in 2016?” – The Christian Science Monitor 3/23/2015
- “How To Woo Hispanics Voters: Talk About Climate Change, Too” – International Business Time 2/10/2015
- “Most Americans support government action on climate change, poll finds” – Skeptical Science 2/1/2015
- “Most Americans Support Taking Action on Climate” – The International NY Times 1/31/2015
- “Half in G.O.P. Say They Back Climate Action” – The NY Times 1/31/2015
- “Poll sheds light on Republicans’ changing global warming views” – Al Jazeera 1/30/2015
- “Senate’s pipeline battle likely to spill over into Republican presidential debates” – E&E News 1/23/2015
- “Chilly for the Truth” – Tampa Bay Times 12/19/2014
- “Public support for EPA rule strong as another poll indicates positive sentiment” – SNL Daily Gas Report 12/16/2014
- “Why Republicans Keep Telling Everyone They’re Not Scientists” – The NY Times 10/31/2014
- “The UN climate summit reveals India’s hypocrisy on saving forests” – The Guardian 9/24/2014
- “Does it Even Matter What the Public Thinks About Climate Change?” – Washington Post 9/22/2014
- “Profile of an academic feud: What do 97% of scientists believe about climate change?” – E&E News 7/24/2014
- “How to Determine the Scientific Consensus on Global Warming” – Scientific American 7/24/2014
- “Changing world temperatures influence views on global warming, Stanford scholar says” – Stanford News 6/23/2014
- “Public Opinion on Climate Remains Unchanged, According to New RFF Survey” – Resources for the Future 6/13/2014
- “After the warmest April in recorded history, don’t expect climate attitudes to change” – Washington Post 5/21/2014
- “How El Niño Might Alter the Political Climate” – The NY Times 5/20/2014
- “Can Obama save the Senate by saying ‘Denier’?” – ClimateWire 5/20/2014
- “White House messaging strategy wows PR pros” – GreenWire 5/15/2014
- “Obama has new focus with climate change” – Columbia Daily Herald 5/10/2014
- “How Talking About Climate Change Might Actually Help Democrats Win Elections” – Washington Post 3/11/2014
- “Don’t Rule Out Congress in the Fight Against Climate Change” – EESI 1/29/2014
- “Obama finds changing public perceptions on warming remains an uphill battle” – E&E News 1/28/2014
- “Climate Change Meeting in Warsaw” – Dissident Voice 12/5/2013
- “Insights into public perceptions of the science of climate change” – InPsych 12/2013
- “Editorial Exchange: Feeling the heat” – The Canadian Press 11/22/2013
- “American Electorate Wants Action on Climate Change” – Earth Fix 11/18/2013
- “Broad consensus on climate change across American states” – The Conversation 11/17/2013
- “President Obama tweets about Stanford Professor Jon Krosnick’s poll on climate change” – Stanford News 11/15/2013
- “Stanford Professor Jon Krosnick to Unveil New State-Level Climate Change Polling Data” – Federal NewsFeed 11/14/2013
- “Red States Support Climate Legislation Too” – Stanford News 11/13/2013
- “Majority of red-state Americans believe climate change is real, study shows” – The Guardian 11/13/2013
- “Global warming is real; Concerns higher in drought-hit areas” – USA Today 11/13/2013
- “Comprehensive State-Level Polling Data” – Committee on Energy and Commerce 11/13/2013
- “Bicameral Task Force on Climate Change Co-Chairs Release First Comprehensive State-Level Polling Data on Climate Change” – Vote Smart 11/13/2013
- “Americans Back Greenhouse Gas Cuts” – USA Today 11/13/2013
- “Public anxious on climate, to a point” – Politico 5/7/2013
- “Americans back preparation for extreme weather and sea-level rise” – Science Daily 4/18/2013
- “Woods Institute surveys public on climate change preparation” – Stanford Daily 4/11/2013
- “Americans support climate change adaptation” – Summit County Citizen Voice 3/30/2013
- “Americans want coasts, not feds, to bear the cost of sea level rise” – GreenWire 3/29/2013
- “Stanford Survey: Americans Back Preparation for Extreme Weather and Sea-level Rise” – Stanford News 3/28/2013
- “Public Opinion on Climate Change” – CSPAN 3/28/2013
- “Climate Worst-Case Scenario May Backfire In Activists’ Campaign: Study” – Huffpost 3/28/2013
- “Climate change poll: Most want to prepare, few want to pay” – Politico 3/28/2013
- “80 per cent of Americans think global warming is serious problem for U.S.” – Daily Mail 12/15/2012
- “Science doubters say world is warming” – Times Union 12/14/2012
- “Nearly Four in five Americans believe the Earth is warming” – CBS News 12/14/2012
- “Extreme weather more persuasive on climate change than scientists” – The Guardian 12/14/2012
- “Gloom-and-doom messages on climate may spread skepticism” – ClimateWire 11/17/2012
- “Why Bloomberg Endorsed Obama” – Foreign Policy 11/2/2012
- “Enviros hope Sandy boosts climate issues ahead of election”- GreenWire 10/31/2012
- “Why Aren’t Politicians Listening to Joe Romm About Climate Change?” – Atlantic 10/10/2012
- “PBS NewsHour For September 17, 2012” – PBSNews Hours 9/7/2012
- “Record Summer Heat Shifts Public Opinion on Global Warming” – The Chronicle of Higher Education 9/3/2012
- “Advocates see recent extreme weather as a ‘teachable moment'” – 8/10/2012 E&E News
- “MIA on Climate Change” – Yahoo News 8/1/2012
- “Scientists struggle with limits — and risks — of advocacy” – E&E News 7/9/2012
- “Concern about the climate declines” – Washington Post 7/3/2012
- “Global warming no longer Americans’ top environmental concern, poll finds” – Washington Post 7/2/2012
- “Planet of the Apes: Creationists and Climate Skeptics Separate Species or Just Different Breeds?” – The Philadelphia Inquirer 6/30/2012
- “Share of people backing action on climate change drops, but majority remains” – ClimateWire 5/9/2012
- “Support slips for measures aimed at curbing global warming”- USA Today 5/8/2012
- “Americans Are Starting To Make The Connection Between Crazy Weather And Climate Change” – Business Insider 4/25/2012
- “Stanford researcher says ‘Climategate’ is not increasing skepticism” – ClimateWire 3/17/2012
- “Poll: US Belief in Warming Rises With the Thermometer” – Boston 2/28/2012
- “Climate Scientist Rallied to the Edge and Beyond” – Big Think 2/20/2012
- “Why Global Warming Still Target of Skepticism for Americans” – Huffington Post 2/17/2012
- “Public Opinion, the Media and Climate Change” – The Energy Collective 2/6/2012
- “Arguing as the world burns” – Financial Times 11/25/2011
- “Experts debunk polls claiming fewer Americans believe in climate change” – Grist 11/16/2011
- “Examining the impact of green politics on recent national elections” – Terra Daily 10/25/2011
- “Democrats Who Campaign For Climate Action Win More” – Grist 10/14/2011
- “Are Americans warming to the threat of climate change?” – The Telegraph 9/30/2011
- “71% of Voters, Small Businesses Support Mandatory Carbon Pollution Cuts” – Clean Tecnhnica 9/29/2011
- “Strong Public Support for EPA Efforts to Reduce Carbon Emissions” – Grist 9/25/2011
- “More Americans Believe World is Warming: Reuters Poll” – Insurance Journal 9/19/2011
- “More people believe in climate change, but fewer think it’s man-made” – GreenWire 9/16/2011
- “More Americans Feel Global Warming as Poll Debate Heats up” – International Business Times 9/16/2011
- “Why on Earth Do We Listen to Those Who Cry Wolf?” – On Earth 7/28/2011
- “Study says candidates lose no ground when taking a ‘green’ position” – E&E Publishing 7/8/2011
- “Wooing Voters (or Not) With a Climate Pitch” – The NY Times 7/6/2011
- “The Science of Why We Don’t Believe Science” – Mother Jones 6/2011
- “Stanford Professor to Discuss Floridians’ Attitudes About Global Warming” – Florida State University press release 1/6/2011
- “How to deal with climate skeptics 101” – E&E News 12/22/2010
- “New Climate in U.S. Capital Creates Challenges—and Opportunity—for Science, Experts Say at AAAS” – American Association for the Advancement of Science 12/5/2010
- “On a Gloomy Landscape for U.S. Energy Policy, Experts See Rays of Hope” – American Association for the Advancement of Science 11/30/2012
- “American Chemical Society co-hosts Science & Society discussion on food safety on Nov. 1” – American Chemical Society 10/28/2010
- “How Republicans managed to rebrand ‘cap and trade'” – The NY Times 9/30/2010
- “Dueling Pollsters Add Heat to Torpid Climate Debate” – The NY Times 8/10/2010
- “New State Surveys Affirm Americans Support For Government Action On Climate Change” – Phys.org 8/4/2010
- “New surveys affirm Americans’ support for gov’t action on climate change” – Science Daily 8/3/2010
- “Action needed on global warming” – UPI 8/3/2010
- “Desire for cheap gas beats sane energy policy” – BC Sustainable Energy Association 7/16/2010
- “Playing Fields And The Rise Of Climate Scepticism” – Media Lens 7/14/2010
- “Americans say air and water pollution now top environmental threat, not climate change” – Electric Utility Weekly
- “Time to deliver major change in energy policy” – The Windsor Star 7/5/2010
- “Climate science: An erosion of trust?”- Nature 6/30/2010
- “Global Warming? 97% of Experts Agree” – OC Register 6/24/2010
- “The Country’s Behind a Climate Bill” – The LA Times 6/21/2010
- “Just don’t raise gas prices; North Americans agree their governments should deliver major change in energy policy” – Ottawa Citizen 6/16/2010
- “American Support for Government Solutions to Global Warming” – Envtl. Research Web 6/15/2010
- “Poll shows more doubts on global warming” – ClimateWire 6/11/2010
- “US Pollsters Argue Over Public View on Climate Change” – New Scientist 6/10/2010
- “Stanford Poll: Large Majority of Americans Support Government Solutions to Global Warming” – Stanford News 6/10/2010
- “Polls Finds Large Majority of Americans Believe in Global Warming, Support Government Action” – Environmental and Energy Study Institute 6/10/2010
- “Most Americans still believe the Earth is warming up: survey” – People’s Daily 6/10/2010
- “Have Americans’ Views on Global Warming Changed? A New Look at Public Opinion” – Environmental and Energy Study Institute 6/10/2010
- “The Climate Majority” – The NY Times 6/9/2010
- “How robust is public support for addressing climate change?” – Foreign Policy 6/9/2010
- “Slight dip in number of Americans who believe climate change is real” – SNL Energy Finance Daily 3/22/2010
- “Polls and Media Reports Exaggerate Climate Change Backlash, Says Stanford Polling Expert” – American Association for the Advancement of Science 3/21/2010
- “Climate scientists are getting a little too angry for their own good.” – Slate 2/18/2010
- “Some Scientists Misread Poll Data on Global Warming Controversy” – USA Today 3/9/2010
- “Majority of U.S. supports cap and trade, sort of” – ClimateWire 12/16/2009
- “Americans optimistic warming response will boost economy” – GreenWire 12/15/2009
- “Guv’s climate panel is mostly cloudy” – The Salt Lake Tribune 11/22/2009
- “Ex-veep’s recipe for change; Gore’s latest book offers tools to fix ‘climate crises'” – USA Today 11/6/2009
- “The Global Warming Consensus Has Been Completely Shattered” – Business Insider 10/22/2009
- “Americans’ belief in global warming cools” – NBC News 10/22/2009
- “Can acid rain sell the climate bill?” – ClimateWire 8/13/2009
- “Climate Policy Series Continues” – Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law press release 3/24/2009
- “Far Fewer Americans Believe in ‘Global Warming'” – Fox News 3/23/2009
- “Record number of Americans say global warming is ‘exaggerated’ in media” – ClimateWire 3/12/2009
- “Death by sound bites? The language of the cap-and-trade debate” – The NY Times 3/5/2009
- “Climate will rise in the new White House agenda” – ClimateWire 11/5/2008
- “What it means to think ‘green’; Psychologists urge eco-consciousness” – USA Today 8/14/2008
- “Reduce Carbon Footprint Or Find More Energy Sources? Americans Want To Do Both, Poll Finds” – Stanford News 8/11/2008
- “Climate Change” – The Chronicle for Higher Education 8/8/2008
- “‘Green’ bandwagon is getting a big push” – USA Today 2/24/2008
- “Actions don’t match ‘green’ attitudes; Survey shows ‘there’s a lot left to do'” – USA Today 1/31/2008
- “How the pollsters got it so wrong in New Hampshire” – The Guardian 1/9/2008
- “New study finds Americans skeptical about cap-and-trade policies” – E&E News 6/25/2007
- “Exclusive global warming poll: The buck stops here” – NewScientist 6/23/2007
- “Americans want clean energy laws” – UPI 6/22/2007
- “Bush critics warming to his plans for cutting emissions” – The NY Times 6/3/2007
- “Stanford’s Jon Krosnick discusses Americans’ perception of climate change, policy” – E&E News 5/9/2007
- “Public Perspectives of Global Climate Change” – C-SPAN 4/4/2007
- “Fiddling while the earth burns” – Salon 5/26/2006
- “Environmental pessimism abounds” – UPI 4/4/2006
- “Americans Pessimistic About The Future Health Of The Environment” – Stanford News 3/31/2006
- “Hot Zone; The Reality and Risks of Global Warming” – ABC News episode 3/26/2006
- “New Weathervane essay details survey of U.S. beliefs about global warming” – M2 Presswire 12/2/1997