Is Americans’ Climate Ignorance a Tragedy or an Opportunity?
Half of Americans polled by researchers at Yale University are woefully ill-informed about climate change, including the 43 percent that believe “if we stopped punching holes in the ozone layer with rockets, it would reduce global warming.” That’s the same percentage of Americans who are unaware it takes Earth one year to orbit the sun, so perhaps this poll is about as meaningful as a bowl full of tea leaves. Grist argues the poll indicates Americans are hungry to know more about climate, and once they do, they’ll start worrying, while risk expert David Ropeik argues more information won’t change anyone’s mind. Where Americans Learn About Climate Science Everyone wants to pour their climate message into the chasm of ignorance, the Yale study revealed, including Glenn Beck and possibly an oil company-backed group of Evangelicals, who are pushing the notion climate change is a “false religion,” says Think Progress. Meanwhile, Republican West Virginia senate candidate John Raese says glob
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