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Sat, 2013-01-19 07:00Jim Hoggan
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Communicating for Change: Anthony Leiserowitz on Climate Change Psychology

When it comes to climate change, Yale's Anthony Leiserowitz says, "you almost couldn't design a problem that is a worse fit with our underlying psychology"; an insight that is all too apparent. 

In spite of the dramatic increase in extreme weather events and growing scientific concern, climate change is seldom mentioned by politicians, business leaders or the news media in Canada and the US. While public concern is on the rise, public pressure to fix the problem is flagging. 

In this recent interview, Bill Moyers asks Leiserowitz to explain the state of public opinion surrounding climate change and what might be done to improve climate change communications.

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Sat, 2012-10-20 08:55Laurel Whitney
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New Report Shows Growing Majority Of Americans Believe In Climate Change, Trust Scientists

Welcome to the big kids table America!

A new national survey released by the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication found that about 70% of Americans believe global warming is happening - a 12% rise from the previous survey. According to Congressional rules, that's a supermajority!

(Actual Congress? Definitely no supermajority on global warming.)

Furthermore, the survey discovered that of those who do acknowledge the reality of global warming, more are either "very" or "extremely" certain that it is happening, versus those who don't believe in global warming who are starting to falter in their own disbelief.

Across the board, more Americans increasingly understand that climate change is a threat to current and future generations as well as happening in present time.

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