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We conduct research on public climate change knowledge, attitudes, policy support & behavior. Posted events are not endorsements.

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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
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How much do Americans recognize climate injustice? Today, we’re launching our first-ever Climate Change in the American Mind report on climate justice. Take a look at the report to learn how Americans view the unequal impacts of global warming:
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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
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A New York City resident has been making snow sculptures of polar bear families in Central Park to raise awareness about the threat climate change poses to this species: via @westsiderag
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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
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THREAD: The Green New Deal, brought into the national spotlight by @Ocasio2018 , @SunriseMvmt , and @DataProgress , has been a fixture of the post-election news cycle, but little is known about its public support. We conducted a survey and found out:
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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
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NEW: Majorities of Americans in every single U.S. county support teaching children about global warming. Read:
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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
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NEW: 59% of Americans are now either "Alarmed" or "Concerned" about global warming, an increase of 17 percentage points since 2013. Read more:
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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
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A short thread🧵on our latest report: The number of Americans who are “Alarmed” about climate change is growing fast, and is now at an all-time high.
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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
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Ahead of the #OnePlanet summit, a coalition of 50+ countries has committed to protecting 30% of Earth's lands and oceans by 2030. Their efforts are meant to abate what scientists are calling a "sixth mass extinction," driven by human activities: via @grist
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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
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We are pleased to announce our new “Climate Opinion Factsheets” based on the Yale Climate Opinion Maps. Tailor-make your own factsheet by selecting the geographic location and the specific measures you’re interested in:
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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
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@POTUS Last week 22 Senators sent a letter to @POTUS , asking him to leave the #ParisAgreement . Majorities in the 15 states they represent disagree.
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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
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22 Senators asked President Trump to leave the #ParisAgreement . Their constituents disagree.
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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
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According to a new report published in @nature populations of Oceanic #sharks and rays have declined by 71% since 1970, mainly because of overfishing: via @nytimes
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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
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NEW STUDY: By a margin of more than 5-to-1, Americans say stopping the spread of the #coronavirus is more important than stopping the decline in the economy. Read our new survey with @Mason4C : #COVID —19
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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
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NEW REPORT: Our latest Climate Change in the American Mind survey finds U.S. worry about #climate at an all-time high. And for the first time, a majority of Americans report that they have personally experienced the impacts of climate change:
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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
4 years
Americans across the political spectrum support a range of restoration policies. For example, 65% of conservative Republicans and 97% of liberal Democrats would support a program that hires coal workers to safely close mines and restore the landscape:
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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: The Op-Ed Project is looking to accelerate the careers of 20 new and necessary thought leaders through a one-year fellowship. More details here — women, NB, and POC individuals encouraged to apply:
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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
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U.S. states are banding together to uphold the #ParisAgreement , despite Trump’s promise to withdraw: via @CC_Yale
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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
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Most registered voters think the U.S. should reduce its greenhouse gas #emissions , regardless of what other countries do:
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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
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Our new findings show that majorities in every state support U.S. participation in the #ParisAgreement :
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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
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Largest US #coal company @peabodyenergy declares bankruptcy & reveals it funded 24 climate denial orgs
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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
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One of our flagship projects, the Yale Climate Opinion Maps, have been updated. Check out the latest data for yourself - in this thread, we'll highlight some of the updates. 1/
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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
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As of the end of 2018, the Alarmed now outnumber the Dismissive by more than 3 to 1, representing a major shift in these two “issue publics” most engaged in the issue of climate change.
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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
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. @realDonaldTrump wants out of #ParisAgreement . We found 71% of Americans want agreements that limit #globalwarming .
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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
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Our new report, in partnership with Data for Good at Meta, is now live. This survey investigated public climate change knowledge, attitudes, policy preferences, and behavior in more than 190 countries and territories worldwide.
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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
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President Trump: "It is time to put Youngstown, OH, Detroit, MI, & Pittsburgh, PA... before Paris, France."
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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
7 years
In Kentucky, 70% of people support regulating CO2 as a pollutant. In West Virginia, 69% do. In Ohio, 74%. See more:
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Pruitt goes to coal country to announce his plan to rollback landmark Obama Clean Power Plan @LFFriedman @bradplumer
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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
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Despite their climate pledges, #bigtech companies spent only 4% of their federal lobbying efforts on climate policy. On the other hand, big oil companies dedicated 38% of their lobbying budget to fighting climate legislation: via @InfluenceMap
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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
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NEW TOOL: The fastest way to measure climate opinion is now online. Check it out here, or read on to learn more about it. 1/
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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
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Drilling in Alaska's #ArcticWildlifeRefuge would not only mean direct GHG emissions from the oil extracted: the disruption of #caribou migration patterns would deeply alter the soil, risking the release of a "double dose" of carbon: via @YaleE360
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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
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NEW: In our latest Climate Change in the American Mind survey, we find that most Americans think global warming is affecting many extreme weather events in the United States, including extreme heat (75%), wildfires (73%), and droughts (72%). Learn more:
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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
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Majorities of Americans support policies to reduce carbon pollution and promote #cleanenergy , such as funding more research into renewable energy sources and eliminating carbon pollution created by coal, oil, and natural gas from the U.S. economy by 2050:
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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
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Regardless of what happens at #COP21 , Americans feel strongly about #climateaction :
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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
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NEW SURVEY: Our latest report finds that majorities of Americans support strong #climate action — about 2/3rds of registered voters support requiring utilities to go 100% #renewable by 2035. Learn more here:
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After nearly two years of construction, a massive carbon capture and storage plant is now active in #Iceland . @ClimateHuman calculates that in one year, the facility “will capture three seconds worth of humanity’s CO2 emissions”: via @BusinessInsider #Orca
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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
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The first U.S. utility-scale offshore wind project is back on track after many regulatory delays during the Trump presidency. #VineyardWind , off the coast of Massachusetts, could create thousands of jobs and power 400,000 households: via @ourdailyplanet
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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
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Major differences in belief in #ClimateChange between scientists & American public #YearsOfLivingDangerously (2013) http://t.co/NR8U0g4x8H
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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
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Congrats to the 2020 Climate Crisis #PublicVoices Fellows — 20 thought leaders working at the intersections of climate change science, impacts, solutions, and social justice. Meet the class here: @TheOpEdProject @YaleClimateComm
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@YaleClimateComm
Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
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It wasn’t just fossil fuel companies. For decades, electric utility companies pushed flagrant lies about climate change. @leahstokes spent years investigating utility documents to understand what the industry was saying over time. @Orion_Magazine
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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
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NEW DATA: Our #ClimateOpinionMaps have been updated - you can now explore climate opinion on 30 questions for every state and county in the U.S., with data collected through 2021. See what your area thinks:
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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
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. @JimmyCarter just leased 10 acres of his land in #Georgia to build a #solar farm: via @EcoWatch #ClimateAction
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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
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Trees can cool urban areas by up to 10 degrees. Urban greenery is important both for carbon uptake and protecting people against extreme heat. New York City policymakers hope to increase the city’s canopy cover by 50 percent by 2035: via @nytimes
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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
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Climate scientists are predicting hotter-than-average global temperatures for 2023 and 2024. Scientists expect the planet to transition into an El Niño event, which correlates to milder ocean temperatures and impacts surface temperatures. via @axios
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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
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Scientists are now warning that our 1.5C global warming limit is close to being broken:
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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
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Scientists are organizing a march on Washington in response to #climate skepticism: via @thehill @ScienceMarchDC
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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
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A recent study analyzing over 88,000 climate-related scientific articles published since 2012 found that there is a 99.96% scientific #consensus on human-caused climate change: via @KXAN_News
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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
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Forest loss has plummeted in #Indonesia over the past four years, following local activism and government policies aimed at reducing deforestation for palm oil production: via @grist
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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
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In a changing climate, backyard #gardens can be barometers of change, laboratories of #resilience , and more: via @guardian
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According to new educational initiative #ScienceMoms , led by @KHayhoe 83% of mothers across the political spectrum are concerned about climate change: via @grist
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#Trump is said to make a decision on the #ParisAgreement Tuesday. We've found most Americans support the agreement.
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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
8 years
Check out this powerful visualization of increasing global temperatures since 1850 by @ed_hawkins . #climate
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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
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BREAKING: Trump picks Scott Pruitt, a key architect of the lawsuit to stop #CleanPowerPlan , to lead @EPA .
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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
9 years
56% of voters are worried abt #climate , but only 1.5% of #debate Qs were on the topic: @mmfa
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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
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Most registered voters want to fund #renewables research like this cutting edge work at @MIT
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President Biden is expected to use California as a model when reinstating national regulations on #auto industry pollution: via @nytimes
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Many opponents of Biden's climate actions are using arguments developed by oil industry PR teams and lobbyists. @DoctorVive explains how this messaging incites financial and security concerns, while downplaying the impacts of climate change: via @voxdotcom
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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
4 years
Our newly published research finds that perceived pressure from family and friends to take action on global warming is a much stronger predictor of climate policy support among Republicans than Democrats:
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59% of Americans think U.S. Congress should do more to address #climate change #SOTU
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New: Climate anxiety and distress are becoming more prevalent - but are those who are distressed more likely to take climate action? (Yes!)
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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
7 years
@POTUS In fact, majorities in all 50 states support taking part in the #ParisAgreement .
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NEW DATAVIZ: We’ve used our Six Americas taxonomy to track nuance in U.S. public opinion on #climatechange for more than a decade — our latest surveys show that the Dismissive (who deny that climate change is happening or manmade) have never been a smaller group.
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Today's #EarthDay marks 50 years of the environmental movement: via @nytimes
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As melting sea ice drives polar bears further south, they are mating with grizzly bears to produce hybrid offspring coined #pizzly bears: via @LiveScience
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“The quickest way to keep the planet below a 1.5 °C warming is to keep fossil fuels in the ground. This means no drilling in the Arctic, shutting down pipelines such as Dakota Access Pipeline, and ending Line 3.” — Jade Begay of @ndncollective : via @vogue
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"Climate change is real,” says @HillaryClinton at #DemConvention . 92% of voters who support her agree.
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In a recent interview, climatologist @MichaelEMann emphasized that it is not too late to limit warming below catastrophic levels: via @guardian
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The National Black Environmental Justice Network (NBEJN) has relaunched in light of the coronavirus pandemic as well as the ongoing nationwide protests against racial injustice: via @grist
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This #EarthDay , check out these podcasts to learn about the people on the front lines of the climate crisis: via @nytimes
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India announced they will shift to 40% renewable energy in the next ten years:
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67% of Clinton supporters are more likely to vote for a presidential candidate who strongly supports #climateaction .
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“Many lives and livelihoods have been lost, and this is only the very beginning,” say Greta Thunberg and colleagues about the effects of climate change and need for a complete end to fossil fuel investments and subsidies: via @guardian
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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
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Although 97% of #climate scientists agree, only 1/2 of Americans believe #globalwarming is happening & human-caused:
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NEW: In our latest study, we find that Americans who think their family and friends care about global warming are more likely to discuss it with them. Those who frequently hear about it from others are more likely to discuss the issue, too. Read more:
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A climate emergency paper signed by nearly 14,000 scientists warns that "untold suffering" awaits humans if we don’t begin confronting global warming immediately: via @LiveScience
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According to @BillWeirCNN , West Virginia is central to the Biden administration's climate plans. Senator Joe Manchin, who recently expressed reservations about the #ParisClimateAgreement , holds a key vote for passing climate legislation in a split Senate:
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President Trump's rollback of Obama-era climate legislation is out of step with what America wants: story by @Blkahn
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"Pope Francis will include a message of hope" in his forthcoming climate encyclical, panel now http://t.co/99RAG6vZRt http://t.co/ftclJbAt48
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Telling people ahead of time how & why they'll be fed disinformation helps them resist the falsehoods @SciFri
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By more than 5 to 1, voters say the U.S. should participate in the Paris Climate Agreement
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Rep. Ocasio-Cortez has joined Joe Biden’s climate change task force, offering a possible sign of unity for the Democratic Party when it comes to climate: via @CNN
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The largest coal plant in the western U.S., located within the Navajo Nation, was demolished this week. Navajo and Hopi tribes welcomed the razing as part of an equitable energy transition in the Four Corners: via @voxdotcom #NavajoGeneratingStation
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Video games have become one of humanity’s favorite forms of entertainment, with an estimated 3 billion gamers worldwide. In our new survey conducted with @unity we find that gamers in the U.S. support strong climate action:
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Torrential #flooding in #Germany last week was on a scale “virtually unheard-of,” as rivers surged to levels not seen in the past 500-1,000 years: via @nytimes #ClimateCrisis
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A new report from @BloombergNEF showed the U.S. leading venture capital and private equity investment in #renewableenergy and battery storage by a wide margin in the first half of 2022: via @grist
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Renewable energy is expected to replace coal as the world’s primary means of electricity production by 2025: via @Reuters
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Today we are thankful for all of the journalists who have dedicated their careers to communicating #climatechange . #ClimateThanks
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84% of registered voters support funding more research into renewable #energy sources #SOTU
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The Francis Effect continues as #PopeFrancis discusses #COP21 & #climate as a moral issue:
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"Foreign leaders in Europe, Asia, and across the world, should not have more to say [...]than our own citizens." — @POTUS on leaving #Paris
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The ozone layer is on track to recover to 1980s levels by the 2040s, thanks to global cooperation. The success of steps taken to stop the depletion of the ozone layer can inform action on greenhouse gas emissions: via @washingtonpost
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Check out our NEW report on policy and #globalwarming following #Election2016 results:
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NEW: Americans ‘Alarmed’ about global warming increased 5% while ‘Dismissive’ declined slightly over last year.
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71% of moderate/liberal Republicans say climate change is happening, yet Trump denies it.
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Millions of Americans could be displaced by #climatechange . Our research shows that a large majority of Democrats (84%) and over a third of Republicans (35%) would support a president declaring a national emergency to act on global warming: via @NYTmag
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