The Unprecedented Surge in Fear About Climate Change
More Americans than ever are worried about climate change, but they’re not willing to pay much to stop it.
by Robinson Meyer
Jan 23, 2019
4 minutes
A surging number of Americans understand that climate change is happening and believe that it could harm their family and the country, according to a new poll from Yale and George Mason University.
But at the same time, Americans are not any more willing to pay money to fight climate change than they were three years ago, says another new poll, conducted by the Associated Press and the University of Chicago.
The polls suggest that public opinion about climate change is in a state of upheaval. Even as President Donald Trump , most Americans have rejected his position. Record numbers of Americans describe climate change as a real and
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