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Political Leaders Play Key Role in How Worried Americans Are By Climate Change

By Guest PostFebruary 12, 2012Environment, Politicsacademy awards, afghanistan, Al Gore, american clean energy, americans, an inconvenient truth, anti environmental voting, climate change, climate change threat, climate threat, congress, democrats, environmental magazines, extreme weather, factor, gdp, gross domestic product, Iraq, j craig jenkins, jason carmichael, John McCain, Media, movie, new york times, political battle, political leader, Politics, price of oil, republican senators, republicans, robert brulle, Science, threat, threat index, unemployment rate, war deaths

COLUMBUS, Ohio – More than extreme weather events and the work of scientists, it is national political leaders who influence how much Americans worry about the threat of climate change, new research finds.

In a study of public opinion from 2002 to 2010, researchers found that public belief that climate change was a threat peaked in 2006-2007 when Democrats and Republicans in Congress showed the most agreement on the issue. (more…)

Main Climate Threat from CO2 Sources Yet to Be Built

By Guest PostSeptember 10, 20101 commentEnvironmentcarbon free, clean energy technologies, climate threat, future emissions, technologies

Stanford, CA — Scientists have warned that avoiding dangerous climate change this century will require steep cuts in carbon dioxide emissions. New energy-efficient or carbon-free technologies can help, but what about the power plants, cars, trucks, and other fossil-fuel-burning devices already in operation? Unless forced into early retirement, they will emit carbon dioxide into the atmosphere for decades to come. Will their emissions push carbon dioxide levels beyond prescribed limits, regardless of what we build next? Is there already too much inertia in the system to curb climate change? (more…)