Nicholas Goldberg: Americans don't care about climate change. Here's how to wake them up
Why is the greatest threat to the planet of so little concern to most Americans? It's shocking, frankly, that global warming ranks 24th on a list of 29 issues that voters say they'll think about when deciding whom to vote for in November, according to the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication. Only 30% of voters say they are "very worried" about it and more than two-thirds say they ...
by Nicholas Goldberg, Los Angeles Times
Sep 23, 2022
4 minutes
Why is the greatest threat to the planet of so little concern to most Americans?
It's shocking, frankly, that global warming ranks 24th on a list of 29 issues that voters say they'll think about when deciding whom to vote for in November, according to the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication. Only 30% of voters say they are "very worried" about it and more than two-thirds say they "rarely" or "never" discuss the issue with family or friends.
How can people be so blithely unconcerned when the clear consensus of scientists is that climate disruption is reaching crisis levels and
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